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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stéygʰeti
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Thematic root verb of the root *steygʰ-.
Verb
*stéygʰeti (imperfective)[1]
- to be walking
- to be climbing
Inflection
Imperfective, thematic, active only | |||||
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3rd singular | *stéygʰeti | ||||
3rd plural | *stéygʰonti | ||||
Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
1st singular | *stéygʰoh₂ | *stéygʰom | — | *stéygʰōh₂ | *stéygʰoyh₁m̥ |
2nd singular | *stéygʰesi | *stéygʰes | *stéygʰe | *stéygʰēsi | *stéygʰoys |
3rd singular | *stéygʰeti | *stéygʰet | *stéygʰetu | *stéygʰēti | *stéygʰoyt |
1st dual | *stéygʰowos | *stéygʰowe | — | *stéygʰōwos | *stéygʰoywe |
2nd dual | *stéygʰetes | *stéygʰetom | *stéygʰetom | *stéygʰētes | *stéygʰoytom |
3rd dual | *stéygʰetes | *stéygʰetām | *stéygʰetām | *stéygʰētes | *stéygʰoytām |
1st plural | *stéygʰomos | *stéygʰome | — | *stéygʰōmos | *stéygʰoyme |
2nd plural | *stéygʰete | *stéygʰete | *stéygʰete | *stéygʰēte | *stéygʰoyte |
3rd plural | *stéygʰonti | *stéygʰont | *stéygʰontu | *stéygʰōnti | *stéygʰoyh₁n̥t |
Participle | *stéygʰonts |
Descendants
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *stéigtei
- Latvian: steigties (“to hurry”), staigāt (“to walk”)
- Lithuanian: steĩgti
- Proto-Slavic: *stiťi (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *tēgeti (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *stīganą (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *stéikʰō
- Ancient Greek: στείχω (steíkhō)
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN