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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈder.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*derbaną

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

• *derbaz

Descendants

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