Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sterbō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sterbô.

Noun

*sterbō m

1. death, plague

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sterbō
Genitive	*stirbini, *sterban
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sterbō	*sterban
Accusative	*sterban	*sterban
Genitive	*stirbini, *sterban	*sterbanō
Dative	*stirbini, *sterban	*sterbum
Instrumental	*stirbini, *sterban	*sterbum

Descendants

• Old English: steorfa
  • Middle English: steorve, steorfa, storve, sterve (early)
• Old Saxon: *stervo
  • Middle Low German: sterve, starve
• Old High German: sterbo
  • Middle High German: sterbe