Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/burgōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *burgaz (“promise, debt”) + *-ōną. *burgaz is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbur.ɣɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*burgōną[1]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *burgō | *burgǭ | — | *burgōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *burgōsi | *burgōs | *burgō | *burgōsai | *burgōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *burgōþi | *burgō | *burgōþau | *burgōþai | *burgōþau | |
| 1st dual | *burgōs | *burgōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *burgōþiz | *burgōþiz | *burgōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *burgōmaz | *burgōm | — | *burgōnþai | *burgōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *burgōþ | *burgōþ | *burgōþ | *burgōnþai | *burgōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *burgōnþi | *burgōn | *burgōnþau | *burgōnþai | *burgōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *burgōdǭ | *burgōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *burgōdēz | *burgōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *burgōdē | *burgōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *burgōdēdū | *burgōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *burgōdēdudiz | *burgōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *burgōdēdum | *burgōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *burgōdēdud | *burgōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *burgōdēdun | *burgōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *burgōndz | *burgōdaz | ||||
Alternative reconstructions
- *burgāną[1]
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *borgōn
- Old Norse: borga