Old High German sterban

← Old English steorfan (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *sterbaną (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)terp- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *sterbʰ- (mention)

← Dutch sterven (cognate)

← Old Frisian sterva (cognate)

← Old Saxon stervan (cognate)

→ Old English steorfan (cognate)

→ German sterben (inherited)

→ Alemannic German steerbe (inherited)

→ Hunsrik sterrve (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish stierwen (inherited)

→ Yiddish שטאַרבן (inherited)