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to sit, to be sitting

Source:*sědětiProto-Slaviccertain

Two jats in one verb: the second gives Russian е, Ukrainian і, Polish ie, Czech ě.

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siedzieć

ˈɕɛdʑɛtɕ

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
сиде́тьsidetʹ
sʲɪˈdʲetʲinherited
Ukrainian
сиді́тиsydity
sɪˈdʲitɪinherited
Polish
siedzieć
ˈɕɛdʑɛtɕinherited
Czech
sedět
ˈsɛɟɛtinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
sjediti / sedetiсједити / седети
ˈsjeditiinherited
English
to sit, to be sitting
Distant English relative: sit — Sit and *sěděti share the Indo-European root *sed- (Latin sedere).