Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/steygʰ-

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.

*steygʰ- (imperfective)^[1][2][3]

1. to go
2. to climb

• *stéygʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)

• *stḗygʰ-s-t ~ *stéygʰ-s-n̥t (s-aorist)^[2][4]
  • Proto-Celtic: *teixstē^[5]
    • Old Irish: tías

• *stoygʰ-éye-ti (eye-causative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *staigijaną (“to raise up, elevate”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *staigraz (“elevating; steep”) (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *staigriz (“scaffold; stairs”) (see there for further descendants)

• *stigʰ-néw-ti ~ *stigʰ-n̥w-énti (new-present)^[2]
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *stingneutei
    • Proto-Slavic: *stìgnǫti (“to attain, reach”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *stigʰnáwti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *stigʰnáwti
      • Sanskrit: स्तिघ्नोति (stighnóti, “to mount, step up, rise”)

• *sti-né-gʰ-ti ~ *sti-n-gʰ-énti (nasal-infix)^[2]
  • Proto-Celtic: *tinxti^[2][5]
    • * Old Irish: téit (see there for further descendants)

• *stéygʰ-s ~ *stigʰ-és (“path”)

• *stéygʰ-ti-s ~ *stigʰ-téy-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *stihtiz (“track”)^[6]
    • Proto-West Germanic: *stihti
      • Dutch: sticht
    • Old Norse: stétt
      • Norwegian: stætt

• *stóygʰ-i-s ~ *stigʰ-éy-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *stigiz (“a climb, ascent”) (see there for further descendants)

• *stóygʰ-o-s (“path, way”)

• *stigʰ-tó-s^[1]
  • Proto-Germanic: *stihtaz
    • Old Norse: stéttr (“pavement”) (see there for further descendants)