Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēgāną

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 *bēgaz (“quarrel”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*bēgāną

1. to quarrel

Inflection

Conjugation of *bēgāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bēgō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*bēgaisi	?	*bēgai	*bēgāsai	?
3rd singular	*bēgaiþi	?	*bēgāþau	*bēgāþai	?
1st dual	*bēgōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bēgāþiz	?	*bēgāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bēgāmaz	?	—	*bēgānþai	?
2nd plural	*bēgaiþ	?	*bēgaiþ	*bēgānþai	?
3rd plural	*bēgānþi	?	*bēgānþau	*bēgānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bēgadǭ	*bēgadēdį̄
2nd singular	*bēgadēz	*bēgadēdīz
3rd singular	*bēgadē	*bēgadēdī
1st dual	*bēgadēdū	*bēgadēdīw
2nd dual	*bēgadēdudiz	*bēgadēdīdiz
1st plural	*bēgadēdum	*bēgadēdīm
2nd plural	*bēgadēdud	*bēgadēdīd
3rd plural	*bēgadēdun	*bēgadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*bēgāndz	*bēgadaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bāgēn
  • Old Saxon: *bāgōn
    • Middle Low German: bâgen, bôgen
  • Old High German: bāgēn
    • Middle High German: bāgen, pāgen (merged with Old High German bāgan)
      • German: bagen
      • Bavarian: bägen
      • ⇒ Alemannic German: bägeren, bägern
• Old Norse: bága
  • Faroese: bága