Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/starbijan

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.

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *starbijaną.

Verb

*starbijan

1. to kill
2. to destroy

Inflection

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

Related terms

• *sterban

Descendants

• Old English: *stierfan
  • ⇒ Old English: āstierfan
• Old Saxon: *sterven
  • Middle Low German: sterven
• Old High German: *sterben
  • Middle High German: sterben
  • ⇒ Old High German: irsterben