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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sterbaną
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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
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈster.βɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *sterbaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *sterbō | *sterbaų | — | *sterbai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *stirbizi | *sterbaiz | *sterb | *sterbazai | *sterbaizau |
| 3rd singular | *stirbidi | *sterbai | *sterbadau | *sterbadai | *sterbaidau |
| 1st dual | *sterbōz | *sterbaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *sterbadiz | *sterbaidiz | *sterbadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *sterbamaz | *sterbaim | — | *sterbandai | *sterbaindau |
| 2nd plural | *stirbid | *sterbaid | *stirbid | *sterbandai | *sterbaindau |
| 3rd plural | *sterbandi | *sterbain | *sterbandau | *sterbandai | *sterbaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *starb | *sturbį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *starft | *sturbīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *starb | *sturbī | |||
| 1st dual | *sturbū | *sturbīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *sturbudiz | *sturbīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *sturbum | *sturbīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *sturbud | *sturbīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *sturbun | *sturbīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *sterbandz | *sturbanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *starbijaną
- *starfą (“labor”) (North Germanic)
- *sterbô
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