Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/startijaną

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (to be stiff).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑr.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*startijaną[1]

  1. to stand out stiffly

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *startijan
  • Old Norse: sterta

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*startjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 372