Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bāgēn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bēgāną, equivalent to *bāg (“quarrel, fight”) + *-ēn.
Verb
*bāgēn
- (Elbe Germanic) to quarrel
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *bāgēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *bāg?dā | |
| Infinitive | *bāgēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *bāgēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *bāgēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *bāgēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *bāgē | *bāg?dā |
| 2nd singular | *bāgēs | *bāg?dēs, *bāg?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *bāgēþ | *bāg?dē, *bāg?dā |
| 1st plural | *bāgēm | *bāg?dum |
| 2nd plural | *bāgēþ | *bāg?dud |
| 3rd plural | *bāgēnþ | *bāg?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *bāgē | *bāg?dī |
| 2nd singular | *bāgēs | *bāg?dī |
| 3rd singular | *bāgē | *bāg?dī |
| 1st plural | *bāgēm | *bāg?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *bāgēþ | *bāg?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *bāgēn | *bāg?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *bāgē | |
| Plural | *bāgēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *bāgēndī | *bāg?d |