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Middle English sterven (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *sterbʰ- (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *ster- (mention)
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German Low German starven (cognate)
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Saterland Frisian stjerwa (cognate)
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Alemannic German steerbe (cognate)
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Icelandic starf (cognate)