sterven
Middle English
/ˈstɛrvən/
verb
Definitions
- To die or perish.
- To perish from cold or hunger; to starve.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English steorfan (die) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną (die, become stiff).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sterbaną
Gloss
die, become stiff
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Cognates and derived terms
- overstarve English
- starvation English
- starve English
- starveling English
- starver English
- starvest English
- starveth English
- *(s)terp- Proto-Indo-European
- *sterbaną Proto-Germanic
- *sturbanaz Proto-Germanic
- steorfan Old English
- *sterfa Old Norse
- sterban Old High German
- stervan Old Dutch
- stervan Old Saxon
- sterva Old Frisian