Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/stebʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*stebʰ-[1]

to stand still
to harden

Derived terms

*stebʰ-h₁-yé-ti (essive present)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: stebėti
*st-né-bʰ-ti ~ *stn̥bʰ-énti (nasal infix)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *stámbʰatay (rebuilt)
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *stámbʰatay
    - Sanskrit: स्तम्भते (stámbhate)
      - ⇒ Sanskrit: स्तम्भ (stámbha, “pillar”) (see there for further descendants)
*stobʰ-néH-ti (transitive perfective)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *stabʰnā́ti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *stabʰnā́ti
    - Sanskrit: स्तभ्नाति (stabhnā́ti, “to support, strengthen”)
*stebʰ-lóm
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - >? Proto-Slavic: *stьblò (intertwined with *steybʰ- (“to puncture”), see *stьbъ) (see there for further descendants)
*stóbʰ-o-s
- Proto-Germanic: *stabaz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *stabas
  - Latvian: stabs (“pole”)
  - Lithuanian: stãbas (“idol”)
  - Proto-Slavic: *stoborъ (“column”) (+ *-orъ) (see there for further descendants)
*stebʰ-ró-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *stabʰrás
  - Proto-Iranian: *stabráh
    - Middle Persian:
      Manichaean: 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫁𐫡‎ (ʾstbr /istabr/)
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (stabr)
      - Persian: ستبر‎ (setabr)
*stebʰ-tó-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *stabdʰás
  - Proto-Iranian: *stabdáh
    - Parthian:
      Manichaean: 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫜𐫤‎ (ʾstft /istaft/)
    - Middle Persian:
      Manichaean: 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫛𐫤‎ (ʾstpt /istaft/)

Unsorted formations:
- Hellenic:
  - >? Ancient Greek: σταφυλή (staphulḗ) (most likely Pre-Greek) (see there for further descendants)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*stebʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 588-589

[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*stebʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 588-589