Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sterbaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)terp- (“to lose force; lose sensibility, become numb; be dead, be motionless”). Cognate with Latin torpēre. Or from Proto-Indo-European *sterbʰ- (“to be stiff, become stiff”), cognate with Ancient Greek στέρφνιος (stérphnios, “hard, firm, tight”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*sterbaną
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *sterbaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms[edit]
- *starbijaną
- *starfą (“labor”) (North Germanic)
- *sterbô