Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stagą

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *stag- (“to be stiff, prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak-, *stek- (“to stand, stell, hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*stagą n

1. a stay (rope)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *stagą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stagą	*stagō
vocative	*stagą	*stagō
accusative	*stagą	*stagō
genitive	*stagas, *stagis	*stagǫ̂
dative	*stagai	*stagamaz
instrumental	*stagō	*stagamiz

Related terms

• *stagilaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *stag
  • Old English: stæġ
    • Middle English: steye, stay
      • Scots: sta, stay
      • English: stay
    • → Old French: estay, estai
      • Middle French: estai
        • French: étai
        • → Catalan: estai
        • → Spanish: estay
        • → Portuguese: estay, estai
      • → Old Galician-Portuguese: esteo (or either from Latin stilus)
        • Galician: esteo
        • Portuguese: esteio
  • Old Frisian: stag
    • West Frisian: staach
  • Old Saxon: stag
    • Middle Low German: stach
      • German Low German: Stag
        • → German: Stag
          • → Polish: sztag
  • Old Dutch: *stag
    • Middle Dutch: *stach, *stagh
      • Dutch: stag
• Old Norse: stag
  • Swedish: stag
  • Norwegian: stag
  • Swedish: stag
  • Danish: stag