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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][2]

  1. death, plague

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

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

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