Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bisitjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *bi- +‎ *sitjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ˈsit.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bisitjaną

1. to sit among, sit near

Inflection

Conjugation of *bisitjaną (strong class 5 j-present)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bisitjō	*bisitjaų	—	*bisitjai	?
2nd singular	*bisitisi	*bisitjais	*bisiti	*bisitjasai	*bisitjaisau
3rd singular	*bisitiþi	*bisitjai	*bisitjaþau	*bisitjaþai	*bisitjaiþau
1st dual	*bisitjōs	*bisitjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bisitjaþiz	*bisitjaiþiz	*bisitjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bisitjamaz	*bisitjaim	—	*bisitjanþai	*bisitjainþau
2nd plural	*bisitiþ	*bisitjaiþ	*bisitiþ	*bisitjanþai	*bisitjainþau
3rd plural	*bisitjanþi	*bisitjain	*bisitjanþau	*bisitjanþai	*bisitjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bisat	*bisētį̄
2nd singular	*bisast	*bisētīz
3rd singular	*bisat	*bisētī
1st dual	*bisētū	*bisētīw
2nd dual	*bisētudiz	*bisētīdiz
1st plural	*bisētum	*bisētīm
2nd plural	*bisētud	*bisētīd
3rd plural	*bisētun	*bisētīn
	present	past
participles	*bisitjandz	*bisetanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bisittjan
  • Old English: besittan
    • Middle English: besitten
      • English: besit
  • Old Saxon: besittian
    • Middle Low German: besitten
      • → Danish: besidde
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: besitte
      • → Swedish: besitta
  • Old Dutch: *besitten
    • Middle Dutch: besitten
      • Dutch: bezitten
      • Afrikaans: besit
  • Old High German: bisizzen
    • Middle High German: besitzen
      • German: besitzen
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan)