Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stagą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *stag- (“to be stiff, prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak-, *stek- (“to stand, stell, hold”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*stagą n

a stay (rope)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *stagą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stagą	*stagō
vocative	*stagą	*stagō
accusative	*stagą	*stagō
genitive	stagas, stagis	*stagǫ̂
dative	*stagai	*stagamaz
instrumental	*stagō	*stagamiz

Related terms

*stagilaz

Descendants

Old English: stæġ
- Middle English: steye, stay
  - Scots: sta, stay
  - English: stay
- → Old French: estay, estai
  - Middle French: estai
    - French: étai
    - → Spanish: estay
    - → Portuguese: estay, estai
  - → Old Portuguese: esteo (or either from Latin stilus)
    - Galician: esteo
    - Portuguese: esteio
Old Frisian: stag
- West Frisian: staach
Old Saxon: stag
- Middle Low German: stach
  - German Low German: Stag
    - → German: Stag
Old Dutch: *stag
- Middle Dutch: *stach, *stagh
  - Dutch: stag
Old Norse: stag
- Swedish: stag
- Norwegian: stag
- Swedish: stag
- Danish: stag

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