Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stóygʰos

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

From *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*stóygʰos m (non-ablauting)^[1]^[2]

path, way
Synonyms: *póntoh₁s, *stéyks

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*stóygʰos
genitive	*stóygʰosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stóygʰos	*stóygʰoh₁	*stóygʰoes
vocative	*stóygʰe	*stóygʰoh₁	*stóygʰoes
accusative	*stóygʰom	*stóygʰoh₁	*stóygʰoms
genitive	*stóygʰosyo	*?	*stóygʰoHom
ablative	*stóygʰead	*?	stóygʰomos, stóygʰobʰos
dative	*stóygʰoey	*?	stóygʰomos, stóygʰobʰos
locative	stóygʰey, stóygʰoy	*?	*stóygʰoysu
instrumental	*stóygʰoh₁	*?	*stóygʰōys

Descendants

Proto-Albanian: *staiga
- Albanian: shteg
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *staigas
- Latvian: staĩga
Proto-Germanic: *staigō (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *stóikʰos
- Ancient Greek: στοῖχος (stoîkhos)^[3]

References

^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 397: “*stóigho/ehₐ- 'way'”
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “stīgan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479: “*stoigʰ-o-”
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στείχω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1395

[1] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 397: “*stóigho/ehₐ- 'way'”

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “stīgan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479: “*stoigʰ-o-”

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στείχω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1395

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