Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo sit around; sit about; besiege. · To sit upon; occupy. · To sit properly upon, as clothes; to suit; become.
From Middle English besitten, from Old English besittan (“to sit round, surround, beset, besiege, hold, council, occupy, possess”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisittjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (“to sit near, sit among or around”), equivalent to be- + sit. Cognate with Dutch bezitten, German besitzen, Norwegian Bokmål besitte, Danish besidde, Swedish besitta, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionbesittenenm
- Inherited-form mentionbesittanang · to sit round, surround, beset, besiege, hold, council, occupy, possess
- Inherited-form mention*bisittjangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bisitjanągem-pro · to sit near, sit among or around
- Cognate mentionbezittennl
- Cognate mentionbesitzende
- Cognate mentionbesittenb
- Cognate mentionbesiddeda
- Cognate mentionbesittasv
- Cognate mention𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽got
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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