Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stigā

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stigǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *stigʰ-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *stéyks (“steep path”). Cognate with Old Norse uppstiga (“ascent”).

Noun

*stigā f

1. a steep path or roadway
2. a slope; ramp
3. stairway; staircase; ladder

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stigā
Genitive	*stigōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stigā	*stigōn
Accusative	*stigōn	*stigōn
Genitive	*stigōn	*stigōnō
Dative	*stigōn	*stigōm, *stigum
Instrumental	*stigōn	*stigōm, *stigum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *stige
  • Saterland Frisian: Stieg (possibly from German or Low German)
  • West Frisian: steech (possibly from Dutch)
• Old Saxon: *stiga
  • Middle Low German: stege, stēge
    • German Low German: Stieg
• Old Dutch: *stiga, stega
  • Middle Dutch: stēge
    • Dutch: steeg
      • Afrikaans: steeg
• Old High German: stega
  • Middle High German: stege
    • Alemannic German: Schtäge, Stäge
  • ⇒ Old High German: stiega (byform with unexplained ablaut)
    • Middle High German: stiege, stieg
      • Bavarian:
        • Cimbrian: stiage
        • Mòcheno: stiag
      • German: Stiege