Where does “(s)tégos” come from?

(s)tégos (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

(s)tégos (Proto-Indo-European): cover, roof

Definitions

  1. cover, roof

Ancestry of “(s)tégos”, step by step

(s)tégos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European (s)teg-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Proto-Indo-European steg-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansteg-stake; pole; rod; stick; stake; to cover

Words derived from “(s)tégos”

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