Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sterbʰ-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*(s)dʰerHbʰ-

Etymology

According to LIV, the root is an example of Siebs's law, probably from *dʰer- (“to hold, to support”) enlarged by *-bʰ;

or it could be just an enlargement of *sterh₃- (“to stretch”) or of *sterh₁- (“to be stiff”).

Root

*sterbʰ-[1]

to exert (force, work, treatment)
to become stiff

Derived terms

*(s)dʰerbʰ-e-ti (thematic present)
- Proto-Germanic: *sterbaną (“to become stiff”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *derbaną (“to perish”) (see there for further descendants)
*(s)dʰerbʰ-/*(s)dʰr̥bʰ-ti (aorist)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *stьrbnǫti (suffixed with *-neH-)
  - Lithuanian: dirbti (“to work”)
*storbʰ-eye-ti (causative)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *storbiti
    - Old Church Slavonic: oустрабити (oustrabiti, “to relieve pain, to heal”)
*sterbʰ-os[2]
- Ancient Greek: στέρφος (stérphos, “skin”)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “(s)dʰerbʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 512
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1402

[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “(s)dʰerbʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 512

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1402