Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stīganą

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, climb”). 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. 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

• *staigijaną
• *staigō
• *stīgaz
• *stīgō
• *stihtaz
• *stihtiz
• *uberstīganą

 

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *stīgan
  • Old English: stīgan
    • Middle English: stighen, stien
      • Scots: styan
      • English: sty
  • Old Frisian: stīga
    • Saterland Frisian: stiege
    • West Frisian: stige
  • Old Saxon: stīgan
    • Middle Low German: stîgen
      • German Low German: stiegen
  • Old Dutch: stīgan
    • Middle Dutch: stigen
      • Dutch: stijgen
      • Limburgish: stiege
  • Old High German: stīgan
    • Middle High German: stīgen
      • German: steigen
      • Hunsrik: steie
      • Luxembourgish: steigen
      • Yiddish: שטײַגן (shtaygn)
• Old Norse: stíga
  • Icelandic: stíga
  • Faroese: stíga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stiga, stige
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stige
  • Elfdalian: staiga
  • Old Swedish: stīgha
    • Swedish: stiga
  • Scanian: stíğa, stǽğa
  • Old Danish: stīghæ
    • Danish: stige
  • Gutnish: steige
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (steigan)