Where does “настигнуть” come from?
настигнуть (Russian) comes from Russian -сти́гнуть, from Proto-Slavic stignǫti, from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- — to go; to climb.
Ancestry of “настигнуть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | -сти́гнуть | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | stignǫti | to attain; to catch up with, to reach |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |
Words derived from “настигнуть”