Re: Word connections - malaise and sit

Daniel44 wrote:

> And this brings us onto the English word 'sit'. Is it just a
> coincidence that the colloquial word 'to shit' is almost
> identical? After all, you have to sit down in order to ...
> you get the idea.
Err. "Shit" is a common Germanic word (Sw. _skit_, Ger.
_scheiss_) which comes from an IE-root meaning 'split,
separate, divide'.

"Sit" is another common Germanic word (Sw. _sitta_,
Ger. _sitzen_, Isl. _sitja_), related to the Latin
word _sedere_ also meaning 'sit'.

I'm pretty sure those words aren't related, but feel
free to correct me.

||| daniel

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