Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sterbaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
*sterbaną
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *sterbaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms edit
- *starbijaną
- *starfą (“labor”) (North Germanic)
- *sterbô