Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þerbaz

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This Proto-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-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)terbʰ- (rigid; stiff; restricted; tight), from *(s)ter- (stiff).

Alternative etymology derives *þerbaz from Proto-Indo-European *terp- (to be stiff).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

*þerbaz

  1. unleavened (of bread)
  2. fresh (of liquid)

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