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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stéyks

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

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Etymology

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From *steygʰ- (to go, climb) +‎ *-s (root nominal suffix).[1][2][3]

Noun

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*stéyks m[3]

  1. (steep) path
    Synonyms: *póntoh₁s, *stóygʰos

Inflection

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Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *stéyks
genitive *stigʰés
singular dual plural
nominative *stéyks *stéygʰh₁(e) *stéygʰes
vocative *stéygʰ *stéygʰh₁(e) *stéygʰes
accusative *stéygʰm̥ *stéygʰh₁(e) *stéygʰm̥s
genitive *stigʰés *? *stigʰóHom
ablative *stigʰés *? *stigʰmós, *stigʰbʰós
dative *stigʰéy *? *stigʰmós, *stigʰbʰós
locative *stéygʰ, *stéygʰi *? *stigʰsú
instrumental *stigʰéh₁ *? *stigʰmís, *stigʰbʰís

Descendants

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  • *stígʰ-eh₂
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *stigāˀ
      • Lithuanian: stiga
      • Proto-Slavic: *stьga (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *stigǭ
      • Proto-West Germanic: *stigā (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “steigh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1017-1018
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*stei̯gh”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 593-594
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*steigh-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 396
  4. 4.0 4.1 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, pages 1395-1396