This verb is traditionally reconstructed as *stingō and derived from a root *steyg- (“to stick, sting”). The labiovelar in this word in Latin would have to be analogical to other verbs with a labiovelar like unguō and ninguit.[1]
De Vaan, going against everyone else, derives this from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push”), relating this to Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną.[2]
*stengʷō
Inflection of *stengʷō (third conjugation) | ||
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Present | *stengʷō | |
Perfect | — | |
Aorist | — | |
Past participle | — | |
Present indicative | Active | Passive |
1st sing. | *stengʷō | *stengʷōr |
2nd sing. | *stengʷes | *stengʷezo |
3rd sing. | *stengʷet | *stengʷetor |
1st plur. | *stengʷomos | *stengʷomor |
2nd plur. | *stengʷetes | *stengʷem(e?)n(ai?) |
3rd plur. | *stengʷont | *stengʷontor |
Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
1st sing. | *stengʷām | *stengʷār |
2nd sing. | *stengʷās | *stengʷāzo |
3rd sing. | *stengʷād | *stengʷātor |
1st plur. | *stengʷāmos | *stengʷāmor |
2nd plur. | *stengʷātes | *stengʷām(e?)n(ai?) |
3rd plur. | *stengʷānd | *stengʷāntor |
Perfect indicative | Active | |
1st sing. | — | |
2nd sing. | — | |
3rd sing. | — | |
1st plur. | — | |
2nd plur. | — | |
3rd plur. | — | |
Aorist indicative | Active | |
1st sing. | — | |
2nd sing. | — | |
3rd sing. | — | |
1st plur. | — | |
2nd plur. | — | |
3rd plur. | — | |
Present imperative | Active | Passive |
2nd sing. | *stengʷe | *stengʷezo |
2nd plur. | *stengʷete | — |
Future imperative | Active | |
2nd + 3rd sing. | *stengʷetōd | |
Participles | Present | Past |
*stengʷents | — | |
Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
— | *stengʷezi |