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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/staigraz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *staigijaną (“to raise up, elevate”) + *-raz.
Adjective
*staigraz[1]
- elevating
- steep
Inflection
Declension of *staigraz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *staigraz | *staigrai | *staigrō | *staigrôz | *staigrą, *-at(ō) | *staigrō |
| accusative | *staigranǭ | *staigranz | *staigrǭ | *staigrōz | *staigrą, *-at(ō) | *staigrō |
| genitive | *staigras, *staigris | *staigraizǫ̂ | *staigraizōz | *staigraizǫ̂ | *staigras, *staigris | *staigraizǫ̂ |
| dative | *staigrammai | *staigraimaz | *staigraizōi | *staigraimaz | *staigrammai | *staigraimaz |
| instrumental | *staigranō | *staigraimiz | *staigraizō | *staigraimiz | *staigranō | *staigraimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *staigrô | *staigraniz | *staigrǭ | *staigrōniz | *staigrô | *staigrōnō |
| accusative | *staigranų | *staigranunz | *staigrōnų | *staigrōnunz | *staigrô | *staigrōnō |
| genitive | *staigriniz | *staigranǫ̂ | *staigrōniz | *staigrōnǫ̂ | *staigriniz | *staigranǫ̂ |
| dative | *staigrini | *staigrammaz | *staigrōni | *staigrōmaz | *staigrini | *staigrammaz |
| instrumental | *staigrinē | *staigrammiz | *staigrōnē | *staigrōmiz | *staigrinē | *staigrammiz |
Derived terms
- *staigriz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *staigr
- Old English: stǣġer
- Middle English: stayre, staire, stæʒre
- Old Saxon: *stēgar, *steigar
- Middle Low German: stêger
- Old English: stǣġer
- Old Norse: *steigur[2]
- Icelandic: steigur
- ⇒ Old Norse: (“proudly”)
- Latin: steigurliga
- Runic: ᛋᛏᛁᛁᚴᚢᚱᛚᛁᚴᛅ (stiikurlika)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*staiʒraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.