Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bigetaną

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 *bi- +‎ *getaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ˈɣe.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bigetaną

1. to get anew, to beget
2. to reach, to find, to discover

Inflection

Conjugation of *bigetaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bigetō	*bigetaų	—	*bigetai	?
2nd singular	*bigitizi	*bigetaiz	*biget	*bigetazai	*bigetaizau
3rd singular	*bigitidi	*bigetai	*bigetadau	*bigetadai	*bigetaidau
1st dual	*bigetōz	*bigetaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bigetadiz	*bigetaidiz	*bigetadiz	—	—
1st plural	*bigetamaz	*bigetaim	—	*bigetandai	*bigetaindau
2nd plural	*bigitid	*bigetaid	*bigitid	*bigetandai	*bigetaindau
3rd plural	*bigetandi	*bigetain	*bigetandau	*bigetandai	*bigetaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bigat	*bigētį̄
2nd singular	*bigast	*bigētīz
3rd singular	*bigat	*bigētī
1st dual	*bigētū	*bigētīw
2nd dual	*bigētudiz	*bigētīdiz
1st plural	*bigētum	*bigētīm
2nd plural	*bigētud	*bigētīd
3rd plural	*bigētun	*bigētīn
	present	past
participles	*bigetandz	*bigetanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bigetan
  • Old English: beġietan
    • English: beget (influenced by Old Norse geta (“to get, to guess”))
  • Old Saxon: bigetan
  • Old Dutch: *bigetan
    • Middle Dutch: begēten
  • Old High German: bigezzan
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan)