sterbh-(strebh-

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `skin, fur, hull' (A. R., Lyc., AP).

Other forms: τέρφος (Nic.); also στρέφος στρέμμα, δέρμα, βύρσα. Δωριεῖς H. and ἔρφος (s.v.).

Compounds: Compp. στερφό-πεπλος `with a πέπλος made of skin' (Lyc.); uncertain μελά\<ν\>- στερφος `with a black skin' (A. Fr. 370 = 721 M.).

Derivatives: στερφίνα δερματίνη. οἱ δε δέρματα ὄνεια... H.; cf. στέρφνιον σκληρόν, στερεόν H. (on the meaning below). Denom. verb στερφ-όω `to dress with skins' (sch.) with - ωτῆρα acc. `dressed in skins' (Ibyc.: στερφοῦσθαι, s. Wackernagel Unt. 256); also στρέφωσις (for στέρφ-?) κάλυψις ἀγγείων δέρματι γινομένη H.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1025] * sterbh- `besome solid, get fixed; skin'

Etymology: On the anlaut στ- στέρφος τ- cf. ( σ)τέγος a.o. (Schwyzer 334); for the formation εἶρος, δέρος, πέκος a.o. - Without immediate agreement outside Greek. Usually connected with the group of στερεός (s. v.); cf. βοέῃς... στερεῃ̃σι Il., στερεὰ δέρματα Pl.; Persson Beitr. 1, 432 with several formal cognates in Slav., Germ. and Celt., e.g. Russ. stérbnutь `become solid, hard, get fixed, die off', OWNo. stjarfi m. `lockjaw, tetanus', stirfinn `stubborn', OHG sterban `die' (from *'get stiff'), MIr. ussarb (\< * ud-sterbhā), srebann m. `skin, στέρφος' (Vendryes WuS 12, 244) etc., which can all come from IE * sterbh-(strebh-), s. WP. 2, 631 (after Persson Beitr. 1, 435ff.), Pok. 1024f., Vasmer s. v.; to this also W.-Hofmann s. stirps and torpeō; everywhere w. further forms a. rich lit. Older lit. also in Bq.

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