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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/derbaną

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 *dʰerHbʰ- (“to work, perish, die”). Related to Lithuanian dirbti (“to work”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈder.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*derbaną[1][2]

  1. to work
  2. to perish

Inflection
Conjugation of *derbaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *derbō*derbaų—*derbai ?
2nd singular *dirbizi*derbaiz*derb*derbazai*derbaizau
3rd singular *dirbidi*derbai*derbadau*derbadai*derbaidau
1st dual *derbōz*derbaiw———
2nd dual *derbadiz*derbaidiz*derbadiz——
1st plural *derbamaz*derbaim—*derbandai*derbaindau
2nd plural *dirbid*derbaid*dirbid*derbandai*derbaindau
3rd plural *derbandi*derbain*derbandau*derbandai*derbaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *darb*durbį̄
2nd singular *darft*durbīz
3rd singular *darb*durbī
1st dual *durbū*durbīw
2nd dual *durbudiz*durbīdiz
1st plural *durbum*durbīm
2nd plural *durbud*durbīd
3rd plural *durbun*durbīn
present past
participles *derbandz*durbanaz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *derban
    • Old English: deorfan
  • Old Norse: fordjarfa

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*derban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*đerbanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
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