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

a stay (rope)

Inflection

Declension 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
    - English: stay
    - Scots: sta, 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
    - → Dutch: stag
Old Norse: stag
- Icelandic: stag
- Norwegian: stag
- Swedish: stag
- Danish: stag