N. #nestag- v. “to insert, stick in” (Category: to Enter)
A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form nestegi “insert, stick in”, derived from ON. nestak- under the root ᴹ√STAK “split, insert” (Ety/STAK). As such, its unmutated stem would be *nestag-. Its initial prefix ne- is derived from ᴹ✶ndē̆- “in, inside” under the (deleted) root ᴹ√NĒ̆ (EtyAC/NĒ̆).
References ✧ Ety/STAK; EtyAC/NĒ̆
Inflections
| nestegi | infinitive | “insert, stick in” | ✧ Ety/STAK |
| nestegi | infinitive | “insert, thrust in” | ✧ EtyAC/NĒ̆ |
| nestanc | past | ✧ Ety/STAK | |
| nestanc | past | ✧ EtyAC/NĒ̆ |
Elements
| #ne- | “in” | ✧ Ety/STAK (#ne-) |
| ᴹ√STAK | “split, insert” |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ON. nestak- > nestegi | [nestaki-] > [nesteki-] > [nestegi-] | ✧ Ety/STAK |