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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/berganą

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 *bʰergʰ- (“to take care of, protect, preserve”). Cognate to Russian бере́чь (beréčʹ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈber.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*berganą[1][2]

  1. to take care of
  2. to preserve, to keep
  3. to protect, to save

Inflection
Conjugation of *berganą (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bergō*bergaų—*bergai ?
2nd singular *birgizi*bergaiz*berg*bergazai*bergaizau
3rd singular *birgidi*bergai*bergadau*bergadai*bergaidau
1st dual *bergōz*bergaiw———
2nd dual *bergadiz*bergaidiz*bergadiz——
1st plural *bergamaz*bergaim—*bergandai*bergaindau
2nd plural *birgid*bergaid*birgid*bergandai*bergaindau
3rd plural *bergandi*bergain*bergandau*bergandai*bergaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *barg*burgį̄
2nd singular *barht*burgīz
3rd singular *barg*burgī
1st dual *burgū*burgīw
2nd dual *burgudiz*burgīdiz
1st plural *burgum*burgīm
2nd plural *burgud*burgīd
3rd plural *burgun*burgīn
present past
participles *bergandz*burganaz

Derived terms
  • *burgaz
  • *gaberganą

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*bergan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*berʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
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