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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stīgan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *stīganą.
Verb
*stīgan
- to climb, to ascend
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *stīgan | |
| 1st sg. past | *staig | |
| 3rd pl. past | *stigun | |
| Past ptcple | *stigan | |
| Infinitive | *stīgan | |
| Genitive infin. | *stīgannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *stīgannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *stīgannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *stīgu | *staig |
| 2nd singular | *stīgiʀi | *stigī |
| 3rd singular | *stīgidi | *staig |
| 1st plural | *stīgum | *stigum |
| 2nd plural | *stīgid | *stigud |
| 3rd plural | *stīgand | *stigun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *stīgē | *stigī |
| 2nd singular | *stīgēs | *stigī |
| 3rd singular | *stīgē | *stigī |
| 1st plural | *stīgēm | *stigīm |
| 2nd plural | *stīgēþ | *stigīd |
| 3rd plural | *stīgēn | *stigīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *stīg | |
| Plural | *stīgid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *stīgandī | *stigan |
Derived terms
- *gastīgan
Descendants
- Old English: stīgan
- Middle English: stien
- Scots: styan
- English: sty
- Middle English: stien
- Old Frisian: stīga
- Saterland Frisian: stiege
- West Frisian: stige
- Old Saxon: stīgan
- Middle Low German: stīgen
- Old Dutch: stīgan
- Middle Dutch: stigen
- Dutch: stijgen
- Limburgish: stiege
- Middle Dutch: stigen
- Old High German: stīgan
- Middle High German: stīgen
- German: steigen
- Hunsrik: steie
- Luxembourgish: steigen
- Yiddish: שטײַגן (shtaygn)
- Middle High German: stīgen