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.

Noun

*stigā f

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old Saxon: *stiga
- Middle Low German: stege, stēge
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

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