Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/starfą

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 This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *storbʰ-o-, from *sterbʰ- (“to be stiff, become stiff”). Synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from *sterbaną (“to be stiff”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*starfą n[1]

  1. (North Germanic) labor

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *starfą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *starfą *starfō
vocative *starfą *starfō
accusative *starfą *starfō
genitive *starfas, *starfis *starfǫ̂
dative *starfai *starfamaz
instrumental *starfō *starfamiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: starf

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*starfa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 474
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