OrigoUncertain; perhaps connected with Latin stilus (“a pointed instrument”) and containing the root *stey- (“sharp object”) also contained in Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to sting”), whence Latin stinguō, Hittite [script needed] (tekan, “hoe”), English stick. Another possible connection is Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬀 (staēra), 𐬙𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬀 m (taēra, “mountaintop”).
- declension-1handle of the plough
Formaestīva(canonical, feminine) · stīvae(genitive) · stīva(nominative, singular) · stīvae(nominative, plural) · stīvae(genitive, singular) · stīvārum(genitive, plural) · stīvae(dative, singular) · stīvīs(dative, plural) · stīvam(accusative, singular) · stīvās(accusative, plural) · stīvā(ablative, singular) · stīvīs(ablative, plural) · stīva(singular, vocative) · stīvae(plural, vocative)
Fons: Vicitionarium