Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sterbʰ-

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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  • According to LIV, the root is an example of Siebs's law, probably from *dʰer- (to hold, to support) enlarged by *-bʰ;
  • or it could be just an enlargement of *sterh₃- (to stretch) or of *sterh₁- (to be stiff).

Root

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*sterbʰ-[1]

  1. to exert (force, work, treatment)
  2. to become stiff

Derived terms

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  • *(s)dʰerbʰ-e-ti (thematic present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *sterbaną (to become stiff) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *derbaną (to perish) (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)dʰerbʰ-/*(s)dʰr̥bʰ-ti (aorist)
    • Balto-Slavic:
  • *storbʰ-eye-ti (causative)
  • *sterbʰ-os[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “(s)dʰerbʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 512
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1402