Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sterbô

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 *sterbaną +‎ *-ô.

Noun

*sterbô m^[1]^[2]

that which kills; death, plague

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *sterbô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sterbô	*sterbaniz
vocative	*sterbô	*sterbaniz
accusative	*sterbanų	*sterbanunz
genitive	*stirbiniz	*sterbanǫ̂
dative	*stirbini	*sterbammaz
instrumental	*stirbinē	*sterbammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sterbō
- 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
Old Norse: stjarfi
- Icelandic: stjarfi
- Old Swedish: starvi

References

^ “starve, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sterƀōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 375

[1] “starve, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

[2] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sterƀōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 375

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