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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stóygʰos
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”) + *-os.
Noun
*stóygʰos m[1][2]
- path, way
- Synonyms: *póntoh₁s, *stéyks
Inflection
| Thematic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *stóygʰos | ||
| genitive | *stóygʰosyo | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *stóygʰos | *stóygʰoh₁ | *stóygʰoes |
| vocative | *stóygʰe | *stóygʰoh₁ | *stóygʰoes |
| accusative | *stóygʰom | *stóygʰoh₁ | *stóygʰoms |
| genitive | *stóygʰosyo | *? | *stóygʰoHom |
| ablative | *stóygʰead | *? | *stóygʰomos |
| dative | *stóygʰoey | *? | *stóygʰomos |
| locative | *stóygʰey, *stóygʰoy | *? | *stóygʰoysu |
| instrumental | *stóygʰoh₁ | *? | *stóygʰōys |
Descendants
- Proto-Albanian: *staiga
- Albanian: shteg
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *staigas
- Latvian: staĩga
- Proto-Germanic: *staigō (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *stóikʰos
- Ancient Greek: στοῖχος (stoîkhos)[3]
References
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 397: “*stóigho/ehₐ- 'way'”
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “stīgan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479: “*stoigʰ-o-”
- 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, page 1395