Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/starbijan

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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.
This Proto-West Germanic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *starbijaną.

Verb

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*starbijan

  1. to kill
  2. to destroy

Inflection

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Class 1 weak
Infinitive *starbijan
1st sg. past *starbidā
Infinitive *starbijan
Genitive infin. *starbijannjas
Dative infin. *starbijannjē
Instrum. infin. *starbijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *starbiju *starbidā
2nd singular *starbisi *starbidēs, *starbidōs
3rd singular *starbiþi *starbidē, *starbidā
1st plural *starbijum *starbidum
2nd plural *starbiþ *starbidud
3rd plural *starbijanþ *starbidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *starbijē *starbidī
2nd singular *starbijēs *starbidī
3rd singular *starbijē *starbidī
1st plural *starbijēm *starbidīm
2nd plural *starbijēþ *starbidīd
3rd plural *starbijēn *starbidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *starbi
Plural *starbiþ
Present Past
Participle *starbijandī *starbid
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Descendants

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  • Old English: *stierfan
  • Old Saxon: *sterven
  • Old High German: *sterben