Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/belganą

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbel.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/
• Rhymes: -el.ɣɑ.nɑ̃

Verb

*belganą

1. to swell

Inflection

Conjugation of *belganą (strong class 3)

	active voice		passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*belgō	*belgaų	—	*belgai	?
2nd singular	*bilgizi	*belgaiz	*belg	*belgazai	*belgaizau
3rd singular	*bilgidi	*belgai	*belgadau	*belgadai	*belgaidau
1st dual	*belgōz	*belgaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*belgadiz	*belgaidiz	*belgadiz	—	—
1st plural	*belgamaz	*belgaim	—	*belgandai	*belgaindau
2nd plural	*bilgid	*belgaid	*bilgid	*belgandai	*belgaindau
3rd plural	*belgandi	*belgain	*belgandau	*belgandai	*belgaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*balg	*bulgį̄
2nd singular	*balht	*bulgīz
3rd singular	*balg	*bulgī
1st dual	*bulgū	*bulgīw
2nd dual	*bulgudiz	*bulgīdiz
1st plural	*bulgum	*bulgīm
2nd plural	*bulgud	*bulgīd
3rd plural	*bulgun	*bulgīn
	present	past
participles	*belgandz	*bulganaz

Derived terms

• *balgijaną
• *balgiz
• *bulgijǭ
• *bulgiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *belgan
  • Old English: belgan
    • Middle English: belwen, belewe, belwe, belien (Middlesex), belwe (Oxfordshire)
      • English: bellow
      • Middle Scots: *belly, *billy
        • Scots: belly, billy, bully
  • Old Frisian: belga
  • Old Saxon: belgan
    • Middle Low German: belgen
      • Low German: belgen
  • Old Dutch: belgan
    • Middle Dutch: belgen
      • Dutch: belgen
  • Old High German: belgan
    • Middle High German: bëlgen
• Old Norse: bólginn (“swollen”, past participle)
  • Icelandic: bólginn
  • Old Swedish: bulghin