Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēaną

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

Alternative forms

*ba-, *bahaną, *bējaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to heat up; bathe”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bēaną

to warm
to foment
to bathe

Inflection

Conjugation of *bēaną (strong class 7d)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*bēō	*bēaų	—	*bēai	?
2nd singular	*bēizi	*bēaiz	*bē	*bēazai	*bēaizau
3rd singular	*bēidi	*bēai	*bēadau	*bēadai	*bēaidau
1st dual	*bēōz	*bēaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bēadiz	*bēaidiz	*bēadiz	—	—
1st plural	*bēamaz	*bēaim	—	*bēandai	*bēaindau
2nd plural	*bēid	*bēaid	*bēid	*bēandai	*bēaindau
3rd plural	*bēandi	*bēain	*bēandau	*bēandai	*bēaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bebō	*bebōį̄
2nd singular	*bebōt	*bebōīz
3rd singular	*bebō	*bebōī
1st dual	*bebōū	*bebōīw
2nd dual	*bebōudiz	*bebōīdiz
1st plural	*bebōum	*bebōīm
2nd plural	*bebōud	*bebōīd
3rd plural	*bebōun	*bebōīn

	present	past
participles	*bēandz	*bēanaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bāan (strong verb), *bājan (weak verb)
- Old Saxon: *bāian, *bahian
  - ⇒ Old Saxon: bāunga
  - Middle Low German: bêien, bêen, bêgen, bêden
    - Low German: boaien
- Old Dutch: *bāien
  - Middle Dutch: *bâyen
    - Dutch: baaien (Belgium, dialectal; the form baaien elsewhere is from baden)
- Old High German: bājan, bahen, bāen, pāan, pāwan
  - Middle High German: bæjen, bæhen, bæn
    - German: bähen (southern)
    - Luxembourgish: béien (archaic)
→⇒? Proto-Finnic: *peittädäk (< *bēja-)