Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/belgan
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *belganą.
Verb
[edit]*belgan[1]
- to get angry
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *belgan | |
| 1st sg. past | *balg | |
| 3rd pl. past | *bulgun | |
| Past ptcple | *bolgan | |
| Infinitive | *belgan | |
| Genitive infin. | *belgannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *belgannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *belgannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *belgu | *balg |
| 2nd singular | *bilgiʀi | *bulgī |
| 3rd singular | *bilgidi | *balg |
| 1st plural | *belgum | *bulgum |
| 2nd plural | *bilgid | *bulgud |
| 3rd plural | *belgand | *bulgun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *belgē | *bulgī |
| 2nd singular | *belgēs | *bulgī |
| 3rd singular | *belgē | *bulgī |
| 1st plural | *belgēm | *bulgīm |
| 2nd plural | *belgēþ | *bulgīd |
| 3rd plural | *belgēn | *bulgīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *bilg | |
| Plural | *bilgid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *belgandī | *bolgan |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: belgan
- Old Frisian: belga
- Old Saxon: belgan
- Old Dutch: belgan
- Old High German: belgan
- Middle High German: bëlgen
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 185: “PWGmc *balg ‘(s)he got angry’”