ē̆s-

    ē̆s-

    English meaning: to sit

    Deutsche Übersetzung: (nur medial) ‘sitzen”

    Material: O.Ind. ǘstē, Av. üste “he sits” (= Gk. Att. ἧσται ds.), E.Iran. üs-, 3. pl. O.Ind. ǘsatē (== Gk. Hom. εἵαται, lies ἥαται), Av. ü̊ŋhǝntē, Gk. Infin. ἥσθαι, participle ἥμενος, secondary Att. κάθηται, inverse ἧσμαι; the Asper after ἑδ- (*sed-)? Hitt. Med. e-ša (esa) ‘sits”, e-ša-ri (esari) ds., Infin. a-ša-an-na (asanna) etc., perhaps zero grade a-ša-ši “ places, sits “; hierogl.-Hitt. es- ‘sit”.

    References: WP. II 486, Schwyzer Gk. I 679 f., Couvreur H̯ 99 f., Pedersen Hitt. 91, 101, 104, 110.