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Where does “steiger” come from?
steiger (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic staigriz, from Proto-Indo-European steyǵʰ- — to go.
Ancestry of “steiger”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
staigriz
scaffold, platform; stairs
2
Proto-Indo-European
steyǵʰ-
to go
Words derived from “steiger”
steiger
steger
steiger
aanlegsteiger
Steigereiland
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