Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stebʰ-

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

Root

*stebʰ-

1. to stand still
2. to harden

Derived terms

• *stebʰ-h₁-yé-ti (essive present)
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: stebėti
• *stobʰ-néH-ti (transitive perfective)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *stabʰnā́ti
    • Sanskrit: स्तभ्नाति (stabhnā́ti, “to support, to strengthen”)
• *stebʰ-lóm
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *stьblò (intertwined with *steybʰ- (“to puncture”))
• *stóbʰ-o-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *stabaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *stabtH (“hard; firm, stmg harsh, cruel; savage, fierce”)
    • Old Persian:
      • Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫛𐫤 (ʾstpt /⁠istaft⁠/)
    • Parthian: 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫜𐫤 (ʾstft /⁠istaft⁠/)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *stabas
    • Latvian: stabs (“pole”)
    • Lithuanian: stãbas (“idol”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *stoborъ (“colomn”) (extended with *-ros)
• *stebʰ-r̥-os
  • *stabr̥aH
    • Old Persian:
      • Middle Persian:
        • Zoroastrian Middle Persian: [script needed] (stabr)
        • Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫁𐫡 (ʾstbr /⁠istabr⁠/)
          • Persian: ستبر (setabr)

• Unsorted formations:
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: σταφυλή (staphulḗ)