Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stiťi

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *stéigtei, from Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti, from the root *steygʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian steĩgti (to organize, to found, to produce, (dialectal) to want, to hurry), steĩgtis (to hurry up, to try), Latvian stèigt (to hurry), stèigtiês (to hurry). Further akin to Sanskrit स्तिघ्नोति (stighnoti, to rise), Ancient Greek στείχω (steíkhō, to walk, to march), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (steigan, to climb), Old Irish tíagu (I go, I walk), Albanian shteg (road).

Verb

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*sti̋ťi pf (imperfective *stigati)[1][2]

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

Alternative forms

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Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: сти́же (stíže, suffices, comes up) (dialectal, fossilized 3p. sg.)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: сти̏ћи
      Latin script: stȉći

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*stigti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “stigniti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:pslovan. *sti̋t'i

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-стичь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “стигнути¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 414
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стижа”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 457
  • steigti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012