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stig

Pronunciation: /stiːj/

“stig” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. path (especially steep or narrow)
  2. hall, building, sty

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stīgu, from Proto-Germanic *stīgō, from *stīganą (“climb”) ( > Old English stīgan). Cognate with Middle Dutch stige, Old High German stiga. A masculine Germanic variant *stīgaz is indicated by Old High German stic (German Steig), Old Norse stígr (Swedish stig).

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