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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/belganą

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 *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbel.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*belganą[1][2]

  1. to swell

Inflection
Conjugation of *belganą (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *belgō*belgaų—*belgai ?
2nd singular *bilgizi*belgaiz*belg*belgazai*belgaizau
3rd singular *bilgidi*belgai*belgadau*belgadai*belgaidau
1st dual *belgōz*belgaiw———
2nd dual *belgadiz*belgaidiz*belgadiz——
1st plural *belgamaz*belgaim—*belgandai*belgaindau
2nd plural *bilgid*belgaid*bilgid*belgandai*belgaindau
3rd plural *belgandi*belgain*belgandau*belgandai*belgaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *balg*bulgį̄
2nd singular *balht*bulgīz
3rd singular *balg*bulgī
1st dual *bulgū*bulgīw
2nd dual *bulgudiz*bulgīdiz
1st plural *bulgum*bulgīm
2nd plural *bulgud*bulgīd
3rd plural *bulgun*bulgīn
present past
participles *belgandz*bulganaz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *belgan
    • Old English: belgan
      • Middle English: *belȝen, bellen
    • Old Frisian: belga
    • Old Saxon: belgan
    • Old Dutch: belgan
    • Old High German: belgan
  • Old Norse: bólginn (“swollen”, past participle)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*belgan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 58
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*belʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 41
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