stigen

Middle Low German

/stiːɣən/

verb

Definitions

to ascend, to rise
to climb, to move up or down along something
to storm, to overcome an obstacle

Etymology

Inherited from Old Saxon stigan (ascend) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*stīganą

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*stéygʰeti Proto-Indo-European
*stīganą Proto-Germanic
stigan Old English
stīgan Old English
stíga Old Norse
stīgan Old High German
𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
stigan Old Dutch
stīgan Old Dutch
gistigan Old Saxon
stigan Old Saxon