Old English · noun
stacga
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈstɑɡ.ɡɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈstɑɡ · ɡɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- stag
Meaning
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stag
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Origin uncertain, yet apparently cognate with Old Norse steggi (“male animal, drake”). Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *stakugō, from Proto-Germanic *stakugô, *stakigô (“stag, male animal, porcupine”), from Proto-Indo-European *steg- (“pole, beam, stake, stick”), equivalent to *stac- (compare Old English staca) + -ga (diminutive suffix). Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *stagugō, from Proto-Germanic *stagugô, *stagigô (“stag, male animal, porcupine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ste(n)gʰ- (“to prick, stick, pierce, sting”).
Descendants
stag
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