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stæger

stæger

Old English

Noun

stǣġer f, n

  1. stair, step; staircase

Declension

Feminine
Neuter

Descendants

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *staigriz ‎(“stair, step, scaffolding”), from Proto-Germanic *staigijaną ‎(“to cause [one] to ascend”), causitive of Proto-Germanic *stīganą ‎(“to rise, ascend”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- ‎(“to go, rise, step, walk, stride”). Akin to Dutch steiger ‎(“stair”), Dutch Low Saxon steiger ‎(“landing”), Old English stǣġel ‎(“steep, abrupt”), Old English stīġan ‎(“to climb”), Albanian shteg ‎(“a path, track”). More at sty.

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