Old English steorfan

← Proto-Germanic *sterbaną (inherited)

← Old High German sterban (cognate)

← Old Dutch stervan (cognate)

← Old Frisian sterva (cognate)

← Old Saxon stervan (cognate)

→ English starve (inherited)

→ English torpedo (cognate)

→ Greek στερεός (mention)

→ Middle English sterven (inherited)

→ Old High German sterban (cognate)

→ Latin torpeo (cognate)

→ Latin stiria (mention)

→ Dutch torpedo (mention)