Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stīganą

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 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 Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti, from *steygʰ- (“to walk”). Cognate with Ancient Greek στείχω (steíkhō, “I go”) and Old Church Slavonic стигнѫ (stignǫ, “I come”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstiː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*stīganą[1][2]

  1. to go up; climb, ascend

Inflection

Conjugation of *stīganą (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *stīgō *stīgaų — *stīgai ?
2nd singular *stīgizi *stīgaiz *stīg *stīgazai *stīgaizau
3rd singular *stīgidi *stīgai *stīgadau *stīgadai *stīgaidau
1st dual *stīgōz *stīgaiw — — —
2nd dual *stīgadiz *stīgaidiz *stīgadiz — —
1st plural *stīgamaz *stīgaim — *stīgandai *stīgaindau
2nd plural *stīgid *stīgaid *stīgid *stīgandai *stīgaindau
3rd plural *stīgandi *stīgain *stīgandau *stīgandai *stīgaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *staig *stigį̄
2nd singular *staiht *stigīz
3rd singular *staig *stigī
1st dual *stigū *stigīw
2nd dual *stigudiz *stigīdiz
1st plural *stigum *stigīm
2nd plural *stigud *stigīd
3rd plural *stigun *stigīn
present past
participles *stīgandz *stiganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stīgan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*stīʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 378
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