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

1. to warm
2. to foment
3. to bathe

Inflection

Conjugation of *bēaną (strong class 7d)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
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

• *baþą
• *baþjaną
• *baþōną

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-)