Where does “šteg” come from?

šteg (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic stěgъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

šteg (Serbo-Croatian): river wharf; material used for filling out...

Definitions

  1. river wharf; material used for filling out...

Ancestry of “šteg”, step by step

šteg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic stěgъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicstěgъpost; flag, banner
2Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via German steg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanstegA path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet or muddy ground; a jetty; a gangplank; duckboards
2Old High Germansteg—
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