Proto-Indo-European

*(s)teyg-

‘to be sharp’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-.

22 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-, most familiar first.

• style ← stile ← stylus ← stilus ← *stiglos
• attack ← attaque ← attaquerdeverb. ← attaccare ← staccare
• stock ← stok ← stocc ← *stokk ← *stukkaz
• stick ← sticke ← sticca ← *stikkō ← *stikkô
• tiger ← tygre ← tigre ← tigris ← τίγρις
• stigma ← στίγμα ← στίζω
• stitch ← stiche ← stiċe ← *stiki ← *stikiz
• etiquette ← estiquette ← estacher ← atachier ← *stekan
• stylus ← stilus ← *stiglos
• detach ← destachier ← atachier ← *stekan ← *stikaną
• instigate ← īnstīgātus ← īnstīgō
• stiletto ← stilo ← stilus ← *stiglos

More words from *(s)teyg-

• tigress
• stigmatize
• stickle
• stylet
• attacca
• instigatrix
• styliform
• stigme
• tigrine
• tigrillo

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-