Re: [tied] *steigH-

The root is *steigH- 'step up, stride, climb' as in Ger. steigen or Eng. stile (OE stigel). There are quite a number of Satem cognates, e.g. Slavic *stIg-/*stIdz- (the palatalisation here is Slavic, not Satem), Lith. stiga 'path', Skt. stighnoti 'mount', Alb. shteg- 'path, way' < *stoigH-o-s.

Piotr

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From: Wordingham, Richard

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Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 10:27 AM

Subject: RE: [tied] st +i or e >$t

Dear Cybalisters and Visitors, > -----Original Message----- > From: alexmoeller@... [mailto:alexmoeller@...] > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 8:25 PM > To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [tied] st +i or e >$t > All examples from DEX > > stih(sl.stihU)=religious verse I hope DEX traces it all the way back to Greek stíkhos, whence English also has 'stich', meaning verse. I can't check whether the PIE root is *steigH or *steig^H; my Internet link is sick and Onions doesn't give any satem cognates.