Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/berganą

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care of, protect, preserve”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *bergtei (“to take care of”), Old Irish commairge (“protection, security”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈber.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*berganą[1][2]

  1. to take care of
  2. to preserve, to keep
  3. to protect, to save

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bergō *bergaų — *bergai ?
2nd singular *birgizi *bergaiz *berg *bergazai *bergaizau
3rd singular *birgidi *bergai *bergadau *bergadai *bergaidau
1st dual *bergōz *bergaiw — — —
2nd dual *bergadiz *bergaidiz *bergadiz — —
1st plural *bergamaz *bergaim — *bergandai *bergaindau
2nd plural *birgid *bergaid *birgid *bergandai *bergaindau
3rd plural *bergandi *bergain *bergandau *bergandai *bergaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *barg *burgį̄
2nd singular *barht *burgīz
3rd singular *barg *burgī
1st dual *burgū *burgīw
2nd dual *burgudiz *burgīdiz
1st plural *burgum *burgīm
2nd plural *burgud *burgīd
3rd plural *burgun *burgīn
present past
participles *bergandz *burganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bergan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*berʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
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