Where does “stīġan” come from?

stīġan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European stéygʰeti, from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- — to go; to climb.

stīġan (Old English): to go, move, reach; ascend, mount, go up, spring...

Definitions

  1. to go, move, reach; ascend, mount, go up, spring...

Ancestry of “stīġan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstīganąto go up; climb, ascend
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstéygʰetito be walking; to be climbing
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteygʰ-to go; to climb

Words derived from “stīġan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéygʰeti →Every word from Proto-Germanic stīganą →