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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þerbaz

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

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈθer.βɑz/

Adjective

*þerbaz

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

Inflection


Descendants

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