Etymograph

English

stight

Stight comes from Old English stihtan ‘to dispose, arrange, regulate’, from Proto-Germanic *stihtiz ‘a step, track, overpass’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- ‘to go, climb’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steygʰ-1‘to go, climb’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stihtiz1‘a step, track, overpass’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stihtijan1‘to arrange, to order’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150stihtan1‘to dispose, arrange, regulate’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stighten1
  6. Englishtodaystight1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stight

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steygʰ-Wiktionary, English stight‘to go, climb’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stihtizWiktionary, English stight‘a step, track, overpass’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stihtijanWiktionary, English stight‘to arrange, to order’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150stihtanWiktionary, English stight‘to dispose, arrange, regulate’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stightenWiktionary, English stight
  6. EnglishtodaystightWiktionary, English stight

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- ‘to go, climb’

stay, stair, sty, stoichiometric, stoichiometry, cadastral, stile, acrostic, stich, 6 more

Today it means

verb to found; establish; set

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stight”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- / stight

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