Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biganganą

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- +‎ *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 (strong class 7c)
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Note: Most daughter languages superseded forms in -ganganą with -gāną.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