Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sterban
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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. |
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *sterbaną.
Verb
[edit]*sterban[1]
- to die
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *sterban | |
| 1st sg. past | *starb | |
| 3rd pl. past | *sturbun | |
| Past ptcple | *storban | |
| Infinitive | *sterban | |
| Genitive infin. | *sterbannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *sterbannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *sterbannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sterbu | *starb |
| 2nd singular | *stirbiʀi | *sturbī |
| 3rd singular | *stirbidi | *starb |
| 1st plural | *sterbum | *sturbum |
| 2nd plural | *stirbid | *sturbud |
| 3rd plural | *sterband | *sturbun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sterbē | *sturbī |
| 2nd singular | *sterbēs | *sturbī |
| 3rd singular | *sterbē | *sturbī |
| 1st plural | *sterbēm | *sturbīm |
| 2nd plural | *sterbēþ | *sturbīd |
| 3rd plural | *sterbēn | *sturbīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *stirb | |
| Plural | *stirbid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *sterbandī | *storban |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: steorfan
- Old Frisian: sterva
- Old Saxon: stervan
- Old Dutch: stervan
- Old High German: sterban
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*sterban”