Where does “stīgan” come from?

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

stīgan (Old English): to go

Definitions

  1. to go

Ancestry of “stīgan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstīganto climb, to ascend
2Proto-Germanicstīganąto go up; climb, ascend
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstéygʰetito be walking; to be climbing
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteygʰ-to go; to climb

Words derived from “stīgan”

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