Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/derbaną

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰerHbʰ- (“to work, perish, die”). Related to Lithuanian dirbti (“to work”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈder.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*derbaną[1][2]

  1. to work
  2. to perish

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *derbō *derbaų — *derbai ?
2nd singular *dirbizi *derbaiz *derb *derbazai *derbaizau
3rd singular *dirbidi *derbai *derbadau *derbadai *derbaidau
1st dual *derbōz *derbaiw — — —
2nd dual *derbadiz *derbaidiz *derbadiz — —
1st plural *derbamaz *derbaim — *derbandai *derbaindau
2nd plural *dirbid *derbaid *dirbid *derbandai *derbaindau
3rd plural *derbandi *derbain *derbandau *derbandai *derbaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *darb *durbį̄
2nd singular *darft *durbīz
3rd singular *darb *durbī
1st dual *durbū *durbīw
2nd dual *durbudiz *durbīdiz
1st plural *durbum *durbīm
2nd plural *durbud *durbīd
3rd plural *durbun *durbīn
present past
participles *derbandz *durbanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *derban
    • Old English: deorfan
  • Old Norse: fordjarfa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*derban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đerbanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
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