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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/buggjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bugjaną.

Verb

*buggjan [1]

  1. to buy

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive *buggjan
1st sg. past *buhtā
Infinitive *buggjan
Genitive infin. *buggjannjas
Dative infin. *buggjannjē
Instrum. infin. *buggjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *buggju *buhtā
2nd singular *bugisi *buhtēs, *buhtōs
3rd singular *bugiþi *buhtē, *buhtā
1st plural *buggjum *buhtum
2nd plural *bugiþ *buhtud
3rd plural *buggjanþ *buhtun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *buggjē *buhtī
2nd singular *buggjēs *buhtī
3rd singular *buggjē *buhtī
1st plural *buggjēm *buhtīm
2nd plural *buggjēþ *buhtīd
3rd plural *buggjēn *buhtīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bugi
Plural *bugiþ
Present Past
Participle *buggjandī *buht

Descendants

  • Old English: byċġan
  • Old Saxon: buggian, buggean
  • Old High German: *buggen
    • Old High German: bugidi
    • Old High German: bugihaft

References

  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[bugʲgʲan]”
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