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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēganą

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

Uncertain; perhaps, related to Old Irish bág (war) and Old Irish bágaid (to battle)[1],[2] which has been proposed to stem from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁ǵʰ- (to dispute, quarrel).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bēganą[1]

  1. to fight, argue, quarrel

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Dutch:
  • Old High German: bāgan, pāgan
    • Middle High German: bāgen
      • German: bägern
      • Bavarian: bägen
      • Swabian: bägeren
    • Middle French: bagarot
    • Occitan: bagarro
  • Old Norse: bága; (bægja)
    • Faroese: bága
    • (Icelandic: bægja)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bēʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 44
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhēgh-:bhōgh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 115
  3. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 68
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