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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þerbaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)terbʰ- (rigid; stiff; restricted; tight), from *(s)ter- (stiff).

Alternative etymology derives *þerbaz from Proto-Indo-European *terp- (to be stiff).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθer.βɑz/

Adjective

*þerbaz

  1. plain; simple
  2. easy
  3. unleavened

Inflection


Descendants

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