Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stéygʰeti

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European edit

Etymology edit

Thematic root present of *steygʰ- (to go; to climb).

Verb edit

*stéygʰeti (imperfective)[1]

  1. to be walking
  2. to be climbing

Inflection edit

Imperfective, thematic, active only
3rd singular *stéygʰeti
3rd plural *stéygʰonti
Active voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
1st singular *stéygʰoh₂ *stéygʰom *stéygʰōh₂ *stéygʰoyh₁m̥
2nd singular *stéygʰesi *stéygʰes *stéygʰe *stéygʰēsi *stéygʰoys
3rd singular *stéygʰeti *stéygʰet *stéygʰetu *stéygʰēti *stéygʰoyt
1st dual *stéygʰowos *stéygʰowe *stéygʰōwos *stéygʰoywe
2nd dual *stéygʰetes *stéygʰetom *stéygʰetom *stéygʰētes *stéygʰoytom
3rd dual *stéygʰetes *stéygʰetām *stéygʰetām *stéygʰētes *stéygʰoytām
1st plural *stéygʰomos *stéygʰome *stéygʰōmos *stéygʰoyme
2nd plural *stéygʰete *stéygʰete *stéygʰete *stéygʰēte *stéygʰoyte
3rd plural *stéygʰonti *stéygʰont *stéygʰontu *stéygʰōnti *stéygʰoyh₁n̥t
Participle *stéygʰonts

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *stéigtei (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *tēgeti (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *stīganą (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *stéikʰō (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN