 | ThisProto-Germanic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
FromProto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-(“to be sharp, to stab, to goad, to puncture”).[1]
*stikaną[2]
The present tense forms have the zero grade vowel-i- rather than-ī-.