Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sísdeti

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Thematic i-reduplicated root of *sed- (“to sit”).

Verb

*sísdeti (imperfective)

1. to be sitting down

Inflection

Imperfective, thematic, active only
3rd singular	*sísdeti
3rd plural	*sísdonti
Active voice	Present indicative	Past indicative	Imperative	Subjunctive	Optative
1st singular	*sísdoh₂	*sísdom	—	*sísdōh₂	*sísdoyh₁m̥
2nd singular	*sísdesi	*sísdes	*sísde	*sísdēsi	*sísdoys
3rd singular	*sísdeti	*sísdet	*sísdetu	*sísdēti	*sísdoyt
1st dual	*sísdowos	*sísdowe	—	*sísdōwos	*sísdoywe
2nd dual	*sísdetes	*sísdetom	*sísdetom	*sísdētes	*sísdoytom
3rd dual	*sísdetes	*sísdetām	*sísdetām	*sísdētes	*sísdoytām
1st plural	*sísdomos	*sísdome	—	*sísdōmos	*sísdoyme
2nd plural	*sísdete	*sísdete	*sísdete	*sísdēte	*sísdoyte
3rd plural	*sísdonti	*sísdont	*sísdontu	*sísdōnti	*sísdoyh₁n̥t
Participle	*sísdonts

Derived terms

• *si-sd-o-
  • ⇒ Old Armenian: զիստ (zist)
    • Armenian: զիստ (zist)

Descendants

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: նստիմ (nstim) (< *ni-sísdeti)
    • Armenian: նստել (nstel)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sēˀstei
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: sindants (reformed as a nasal-infix present, or perhaps cf. Polish siąść)
  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: sēsties
    • Lithuanian: sė́sti
  • Proto-Slavic: *sěsti (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *hízdō
  • Ancient Greek: ἵζω (hízō)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *síždati (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *sizdō (see there for further descendants)