sterbʰ-mn̥-

“stiffening, dying, death-state”

Widely accepteddeathrigidity

starve, sterile, stern, torpedo

Nominal of *sterbʰ- giving English starve, stern, Latin sterilis > sterile, torpēre > torpedo.

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”