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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stignǫti

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian steĩgti (to found, to produce), steĩgtis (to hurry up, to try), 1sg. steigiúos, Latvian stèigt (to hurry), 1sg. stèidzu, Sanskrit स्तिघ्नोति (stighnóti, to rise), Ancient Greek στείχω (steíkhō, to walk, to march), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (steigan, to climb), Old Irish tíagaim (to walk, to go), Albanian shteg (path).

Verb

*stìgnǫti

  1. to attain
  2. to catch up with, to reach

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*stìgnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 467
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-стигать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “достига́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 264
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