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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stóygʰos

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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) +‎ *-os.

Noun

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*stóygʰos m (non-ablauting)[1][2]

  1. path, way
    Synonyms: *póntoh₁s, *stéyks

Inflection

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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, *stóygʰobʰos
dative *stóygʰoey *? *stóygʰomos, *stóygʰobʰos
locative *stóygʰey, *stóygʰoy *? *stóygʰoysu
instrumental *stóygʰoh₁ *? *stóygʰōys

Descendants

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  • Proto-Albanian: *staiga
    • Albanian: shteg
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *staigas
  • Proto-Germanic: *staigō (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *stóikʰos

References

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  1. ^ 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'
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “stīgan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479:*stoigʰ-o-
  3. ^ 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