Etymology of stair

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A single step in a staircase. · A series of steps; a staircase.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair From Middle English steire, staire, stayre, stayer, steir, steyre, steyer, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigri, from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb”). Cognate with Dutch steiger (“a stair, step, wharf, pier, scaffolding”), Middle Low German steiger, steir (“scaffolding”), German Low German Steiger (“a scaffold; trestle”). Related to Old English āstǣġan (“to ascend, go up, embark”), Old English stīġan (“to go, move, reach; ascend, mount, go up, spring up, rise; scale”), German Stiege (“a flight of stairs”). More at sty.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Inherited-form mentionsteireenm
Inherited-form mentionstǣġerang · stair, staircase
Inherited-form mention*staigrigmw-pro
Inherited-form mention*staigrizgem-pro · stairs, scaffolding
Derivation mention*steygʰ-ine-pro · to walk, proceed, march, climb
Cognate mentionsteigernl
Cognate mentionsteigergml
Cognate mentionāstǣġanang
Cognate mentionstīġanang
Cognate mentionStiegede

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      "stayer",
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      "steyer",
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      "steir",
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      "stīġan",
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      "Stiege",
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