Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sterbō

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sterbô.

Noun[edit]

*sterbō m[1][2]

  1. death, plague

Inflection[edit]

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *sterbō
Genitive *stirbini, *sterban
Singular Plural
Nominative *sterbō *sterban
Accusative *sterban *sterban
Genitive *stirbini, *sterban *sterbanō
Dative *stirbini, *sterban *sterbum
Instrumental *stirbini, *sterban *sterbum

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ starve, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sterƀōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 375