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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Presumably from Proto-Germanic *sturjaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twr̥H-yé-ti, from *(s)twerH- (“to stir up, agitate, propel”).
Verb
*sturjan
- to stir up, agitate
- to propel, move forward
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
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| Infinitive
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*sturjan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*sturidā
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| Infinitive
|
*sturjan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*sturjannjas
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| Dative infin.
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*sturjannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*sturjannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*sturju
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*sturidā
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| 2nd singular
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*sturisi
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*sturidēs, *sturidōs
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| 3rd singular
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*sturiþi
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*sturidē, *sturidā
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| 1st plural
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*sturjum
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*sturidum
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| 2nd plural
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*sturiþ
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*sturidud
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| 3rd plural
|
*sturjanþ
|
*sturidun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
|
*sturjē
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*sturidī
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| 2nd singular
|
*sturjēs
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*sturidī
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| 3rd singular
|
*sturjē
|
*sturidī
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| 1st plural
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*sturjēm
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*sturidīm
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| 2nd plural
|
*sturjēþ
|
*sturidīd
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| 3rd plural
|
*sturjēn
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*sturidīn
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| Imperative
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Present
|
|
| Singular
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*sturi
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| Plural
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*sturiþ
|
|
|
Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*sturjandī
|
*sturid
|
Descendants
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*staurjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476
