starven

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*sterbaną“to die”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sturbanaz
3. Old English · inherited fromstorfen“dead”
4. Middle English · inherited fromstorven“dead from lack of food or warmth”
5. English todaystarven

With analogical adjustment of stem vowel, from Middle English storven (“dead from lack of food or warmth”), from Old English storfen (“dead”), from Proto-Germanic *sturbanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *sterbaną (“to die”).

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