Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bigetaną

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 *bi- +‎ *getaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbi.ˈɣe.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bigetaną

  1. to get anew, to beget
  2. to reach, to find, to discover

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bigetō *bigetaų — *bigetai ?
2nd singular *bigitizi *bigetaiz *biget *bigetazai *bigetaizau
3rd singular *bigitidi *bigetai *bigetadau *bigetadai *bigetaidau
1st dual *bigetōz *bigetaiw — — —
2nd dual *bigetadiz *bigetaidiz *bigetadiz — —
1st plural *bigetamaz *bigetaim — *bigetandai *bigetaindau
2nd plural *bigitid *bigetaid *bigitid *bigetandai *bigetaindau
3rd plural *bigetandi *bigetain *bigetandau *bigetandai *bigetaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bigat *bigētį̄
2nd singular *bigast *bigētīz
3rd singular *bigat *bigētī
1st dual *bigētū *bigētīw
2nd dual *bigētudiz *bigētīdiz
1st plural *bigētum *bigētīm
2nd plural *bigētud *bigētīd
3rd plural *bigētun *bigētīn
present past
participles *bigetandz *bigetanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bigetan
    • Old English: beġietan
      • English: beget (influenced by Old Norse geta (“to get, to guess”))
    • Old Saxon: bigetan
    • Old Dutch: *bigetan
    • Old High German: bigezzan
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan)
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