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

to sit among, sit near

Inflection

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

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
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)