Where does “sustignuti” come from?

sustignuti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian stȉgnuti, from Proto-Slavic stignǫti, from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- — to go; to climb.

sustignuti (Serbo-Croatian): to catch up, draw level with, gain on

Definitions

  1. to catch up, draw level with, gain on

Ancestry of “sustignuti”, step by step

sustignuti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian stȉgnuti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianstȉgnutito arrive, reach (to a destination or a goal)
2Proto-Slavicstignǫtito attain; to catch up with, to reach
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteygʰ-to go; to climb

via Serbo-Croatian su

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansuthird-person plural present of bȉti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic stignǫti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian stȉgnuti →