*stinganą

Runic: ᛊᛏᛁᚾᚷᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈstiŋ.ɡɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to stick out; protrude
to sting

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ- (‘to be stiff, sting; rod, blade’), and compared with Ancient Greek στᾰ́χῡς (stắkhūs) (stắkhūs, ‘ear of grain’) (< *stngʰ-u-s). However, a substrate origin for the Greek is quite possible, based on the variant ἄστᾰχῠς (ástăkhŭs, ‘ear of corn; bandage’), which would render the Germanic without outside cognates.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	stingō	stingaų	–
2nd singular	stingizi	stingaiz	sting
3rd singular	stingidi	stingai	stingadau
1st dual	stingōz	stingaiw	–
2nd dual	stingadiz	stingaidiz	stingadiz
1st plural	stingamaz	stingaim	–
2nd plural	stingid	stingaid	stingid
3rd plural	stingandi	stingain	stingandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	stingai	–
2nd singular	stingazai	stingaizau
3rd singular	stingadai	stingaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	stingandai	stingaindau
2nd plural	stingandai	stingaindau
3rd plural	stingandai	stingaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	stang	stungį̄
2nd singular	stanht	stungīz
3rd singular	stang	stungī
1st dual	stungū	stungīw
2nd dual	stungudiz	stungīdiz
1st plural	stungum	stungīm
2nd plural	stungud	stungīd
3rd plural	stungun	stungīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
stinganą	stingandz	stunganaz

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Descendants

*stingan (Proto-West Germanic)
- stingan (Old High German)
*stingan (Proto-West Germanic)
- stingan (Old English)
  - styngen, sting, stinge, stingen, styng, stynge, styngge (Middle English)
    - sting (English)
    - sting (Scots)
stinga (Old Norse)
- stinga (Faroese)
- stinga (Icelandic)
- stinga (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- stinga (Swedish)
stinga (Old Norse)
- stinge (Danish)
  - stinge (Norwegian Bokmål)
𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usstaggan) (Gothic)

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