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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stéyks

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”) +‎ *-s (root nominal suffix).[1][2][3]

Noun

*stéyks m[3]

  1. (steep) path
    Synonyms: *póntoh₁s, *stóygʰos

Inflection
Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *stéyks
genitive *stigʰés
singular dual plural
nominative *stéyks *stéygʰh₁(e) *stéygʰes
vocative *stéygʰ *stéygʰh₁(e) *stéygʰes
accusative *stéygʰm̥ *stéygʰh₁(e) *stéygʰm̥s
genitive *stigʰés *? *stigʰóHom
ablative *stigʰés *? *stigʰmós
dative *stigʰéy *? *stigʰmós
locative *stéygʰ, *stéygʰi *? *stigʰsú
instrumental *stigʰéh₁ *? *stigʰmís

Descendants
  • *stígʰ-eh₂
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *stigāˀ
      • Lithuanian: stiga
      • Proto-Slavic: *stьga (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *stigǭ
      • Proto-West Germanic: *stigā (see there for further descendants)
  • *stígʰ-o-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *stigą[3]
  • *stígʰ-o-s[1][4]
    • Proto-Germanic: *stigaz[4]
      • Proto-West Germanic: *stig
        • Old High German: steg
      • Old Norse: stígr, stigr (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *stíkʰos
      • Ancient Greek: στίχος (stíkhos) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “steigh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1017-1018
  2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*stei̯gh”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 593-594
  3. Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*steigh-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 396
  4. 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, pages 1395-1396
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