sterbʰ-₂

“to become rigid, die, stiffen”

Widely accepteddeathrigidity

Source of English starve, stiff, German sterben

Root for stiffening/dying, yielding English starve (originally to die), German sterben (to die).

bʰer-g-“to hide, to protect, to bury”dʰrewn-“to fall into water, to drown”gʷenh₂-“to strike, kill”gʷʰen-mn̥-“a striking, killing blow”gʷʰn̥-tó-₂“struck down, slain”h₁ey-tó-“gone, departed, past”h₁neyḱ-sko-“to begin to perish, vanish”h₁neḱ-tó-“death, the slain state”