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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sterbaną.
Verb
*sterban[1]
- to die
Inflection
| 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
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*sterban”
