cl. 5. P. stighnoti (accord. to [Dhātup. xxvii, 18] Ā. stighnute; Pot. stighnuyāt inf. -stígham; Gr. also pf. tiṣṭige; aor. asteghiṣṭa; fut. steghitā, °ghiṣyate; inf. steghitum), to step, stride, step up, mount (esp. in ati-√ stigh, ‘to step over, overstep’, and in pra-√ stigh, ‘to step up, rise up &c.’), [MaitrS.] : Desid. tiṣṭighiṣati (in ati-tiṣṭíghiṣan, ‘wishing to ascend’), [ib.]
[cf. Gk. στείχω; Slav. stignąti; Goth. steigan; Germ. stîgan, steigen; Eng. sty.]