Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)teg-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*(s)teg- (imperfective)

1. to cover

Derived terms

• *(s)tég-e-ti (root present)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: στέγω (stégō)
  • Indo-Iranian: *stʰágati
    • Indo-Aryan: *stʰágati
      • Sanskrit: स्थगति (sthágati)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: tegō
• *stog-éye-ti (causative)
  • Indo-Iranian: *stʰagáyati
    • Indo-Aryan: *stʰagáyati
      • Sanskrit: स्थगयति (sthagáyati)
• *teg-no-
  • Italic:
    • Latin: tignum
• *(s)tég-os
  • Celtic: *tegos (“house”)
  • Hellenic: *(s)tégos
    • Ancient Greek: στέγος (stégos), τέγος (tégos)
      • → English: Stegosaurus
• *steg-nós
  • Hellenic: *stegnós
    • Ancient Greek: στεγανός (steganós), στεγνός (stegnós)
      • → English: steganography
• *tog-o-
  • Celtic: *togos (“roof”)
    • Brythonic:
      • Breton: to
      • Welsh: to
  • Germanic: *þaką, *þakjaną, *þakinō (see there for further descendants)
• *tog-eh₂-
  • Italic:
    • Latin: toga
• *tég-mn̥
  • Italic:
    • Latin: tegmen, tegimen, tegumen (with epenthetic -i- -u-)
• *teg-ur-yo-
  • Italic:
    • Latin: tugurium
• *teg-dʰleh₂
  • Italic:
    • Latin: tēgula
      • → Proto-Germanic: *tigulǭ (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Old Prussian: stogis
    • Latgalian: stogs
    • Lithuanian: stogas
    • Slavic: *stogъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Indo-Iranian: *táktas
    • Iranian: *táxtah
      • Middle Persian: tʾht' (taxt) (see there for further descendants)
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (ttī, “abode, covered place, nest”)

Root

*(s)teg-

1. pole, stick, beam

Descendants

• *stog-eh₂
  • Proto-Germanic: *stakô
• *stog-os
  • Proto-Germanic: *stakkaz
• *teg-slom
  • Proto-Italic: *texlom
    • Latin: tēlum
• *teg-nom
  • Proto-Italic: *tegnom
    • Latin: tīgnum

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1013”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1013
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 127