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
    • Old High German: bigezzan
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan)
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