Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēgāną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *bēgaz (“quarrel”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*bēgāną^[1]

to quarrel

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 3)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*bēgō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*bēgaisi	?	*bēgai	*bēgāsai	?
3rd singular	*bēgaiþi	?	*bēgāþau	*bēgāþai	?
1st dual	*bēgōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bēgāþiz	?	*bēgāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bēgāmaz	?	—	*bēgānþai	?
2nd plural	*bēgaiþ	?	*bēgaiþ	*bēgānþai	?
3rd plural	*bēgānþi	?	*bēgānþau	*bēgānþai	?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bēgadǭ	*bēgadēdį̄
2nd singular	*bēgadēz	*bēgadēdīz
3rd singular	*bēgadē	*bēgadēdī
1st dual	*bēgadēdū	*bēgadēdīw
2nd dual	*bēgadēdudiz	*bēgadēdīdiz
1st plural	*bēgadēdum	*bēgadēdīm
2nd plural	*bēgadēdud	*bēgadēdīd
3rd plural	*bēgadēdun	*bēgadēdīn

	present	past
participles	*bēgāndz	*bēgadaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bāgēn
- Old Saxon: *bāgōn
  - Middle Low German: bâgen, bôgen
- Old High German: bāgēn
  - Middle High German: bāgen, pāgen (merged with Old High German bāgan)
    - German: bagen
    - Bavarian: bägen
    - ⇒ Alemannic German: bägeren, bägern
Old Norse: bága
- Faroese: bága

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*bēgēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*bēgēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44

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