Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bulgijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

Related to *balkijan and *balkōn (“to bellow, roar”)

Verb

*bulgijan[1]

  1. to bellow, roar
Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *bulgijan
1st sg. past *bulgidā
Infinitive *bulgijan
Genitive infin. *bulgijannjas
Dative infin. *bulgijannjē
Instrum. infin. *bulgijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bulgiju *bulgidā
2nd singular *bulgisi *bulgidēs, *bulgidōs
3rd singular *bulgiþi *bulgidē, *bulgidā
1st plural *bulgijum *bulgidum
2nd plural *bulgiþ *bulgidud
3rd plural *bulgijanþ *bulgidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bulgijē *bulgidī
2nd singular *bulgijēs *bulgidī
3rd singular *bulgijē *bulgidī
1st plural *bulgijēm *bulgidīm
2nd plural *bulgijēþ *bulgidīd
3rd plural *bulgijēn *bulgidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bulgi
Plural *bulgiþ
Present Past
Participle *bulgijandī *bulgid
Descendants
  • Old English: bylġan
  • Old Dutch: *bulgen

Etymology 2

Related to *belgan (“to get angry”)

Verb

*bulgijan

  1. to swell
  2. to get angry
Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *bulgijan
1st sg. past *bulgidā
Infinitive *bulgijan
Genitive infin. *bulgijannjas
Dative infin. *bulgijannjē
Instrum. infin. *bulgijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bulgiju *bulgidā
2nd singular *bulgisi *bulgidēs, *bulgidōs
3rd singular *bulgiþi *bulgidē, *bulgidā
1st plural *bulgijum *bulgidum
2nd plural *bulgiþ *bulgidud
3rd plural *bulgijanþ *bulgidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bulgijē *bulgidī
2nd singular *bulgijēs *bulgidī
3rd singular *bulgijē *bulgidī
1st plural *bulgijēm *bulgidīm
2nd plural *bulgijēþ *bulgidīd
3rd plural *bulgijēn *bulgidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bulgi
Plural *bulgiþ
Present Past
Participle *bulgijandī *bulgid
Descendants
  • Old English: *bylgan
    • ⇒ Old English: ābylgan
    • ⇒ Old English: gebylgan
  • Old Dutch: *bulgen
    • Middle Dutch: bulgen

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bulgjan- ~ *bulkjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83
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