Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/steubaną

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.

• *stūbaną

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, obscure”), which may be an extension of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”), and compared with Ancient Greek τῡ́φω (tū́phō, “to smoke”) (though Orel is skeptical of this derivation).^[1] Other theories include derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *stewbʰ- (“to drive about”), and comparison with Ancient Greek στυφελίζω (stuphelízō, “to strike hard, dash, beat, drive away”).^[2]

However, Kroonen prefers to derive the word from a Proto-Indo-European *tsewbʰ- (“to fly about”), with the same metathesis from Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic as seen in *stelaną (“to steal”), and compares Lithuanian siaũbti (“to dash about”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteu̯.βɑ.nɑ̃/

*steubaną^[2][1]

1. to fly or whirl about
2. to fume; smoke; smolder

• *staubaz
• *staubijaną
• *staumaz

• Proto-West Germanic: *steuban
  • Old Frisian: *stūva
    • Saterland Frisian: stuuwe
    • West Frisian: stowe
  • Old Saxon: *stiovan, *stūvan
    • Middle Low German: stûven
      • German Low German: stuven
  • Old Dutch: *stūvan
    • Middle Dutch: stuven
      • Dutch: stuiven
        • Afrikaans: stuif, stuiwe
  • Old High German: stioban
    • Middle High German: stieben, stiuben
      • German: stieben