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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biganganą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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- +‎ *ganganą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biˈɣɑŋ.ɡɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*biganganą

  1. to go about
  2. to commit
  3. to come across; find; get; procure; acquire
  4. to celebrate

Conjugation
Conjugation of *biganganą (strong class 7)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bigangō*bigangaų—*bigangai*?
2nd singular *bigangizi*bigangaiz*bigang*bigangazai*bigangaizau
3rd singular *bigangidi*bigangai*bigangadau*bigangadai*bigangaidau
1st dual *bigangōz*bigangaiw———
2nd dual *bigangadiz*bigangaidiz*bigangadiz——
1st plural *bigangamaz*bigangaim—*bigangandai*bigangaindau
2nd plural *bigangid*bigangaid*bigangid*bigangandai*bigangaindau
3rd plural *bigangandi*bigangain*bigangandau*bigangandai*bigangaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bigegang*bigegangį̄
2nd singular *bigeganht*bigegangīz
3rd singular *bigegang*bigegangī
1st dual *bigegangū*bigegangīw
2nd dual *bigegangudiz*bigegangīdiz
1st plural *bigegangum*bigegangīm
2nd plural *bigegangud*bigegangīd
3rd plural *bigegangun*bigegangīn
present past
participles *bigangandz*biganganaz

Descendants

Note: Most daughter languages superseded forms in -ganganą with -gāną. See Proto-Germanic *bigāną.

  • Old English: begangan, begongan
    • ⇒ Old English: begangnes, begengnes
    • ⇒ Old English: beganga, bigengea, bigenga
      • Middle English: beȝenga, beȝeng
  • Old Frisian: bigunga
    • Saterland Frisian: begunge
    • Old Frisian: bigangnisse, bigongnisse
  • Old Saxon: bigangan
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: bigangandelīk, bigangandilīk
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: begangnisse, begencnisse
  • Old Dutch: *bigangan
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: begangen, begengen, begingen
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: begangenisse
      • Dutch: begangenis
  • Old High German: bigangan
    • Middle High German: begangen
    • ⇒ Middle High German: begancnisse, begencnisse
      • German: Begängnis
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