Germanisches Wörterbuch . 2014.
steigh- — To stride, step, rise. Derivatives include stirrup, acrostic and stair. I. Basic form *steigh . sty2; stirrup, from Old English stīgan, to go up, rise, from Germanic *stīgan. II. Zero grade form … Universalium
stair — [OE] A stair is etymologically something you ‘climb’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *staigrī (source also of Dutch steiger stake 476 ‘scaffolding’). This was derived from the base *staig , *stig ‘rise’, which also produced English… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
stair — (n.) O.E. stæger flight of steps, also a single step, from P.Gmc. *staigri (Cf. O.N., O.Fris. stiga, M.Du. stighen, O.H.G. stigan, Ger. steigen, Goth. steigan to go up, ascend; O.E. stigan to climb, go; Ger. Steig path, O … Etymology dictionary
stair — [OE] A stair is etymologically something you ‘climb’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *staigrī (source also of Dutch steiger ‘scaffolding’). This was derived from the base *staig , *stig ‘rise’, which also produced English stile,… … Word origins
