Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *sterbanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_sterbaną
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στέρφνιοςhard, firm, tight*sterbʰ-to be stiff, become stiff*(s)terp-
verbStrong class 3to become stiffto die, become lifelessFrom Proto-Indo-European *sterbʰ- (‘to be stiff, become stiff’); cognate with Ancient Greek στέρφνιος (stérphnios, ‘hard, firm, tight’).Another theory derives the verb from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terp- (‘to lose force; lose sensibility, become numb; be dead, be motionless’), connecting Latin torpeō.