Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēganą

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 edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain; perhaps, related to Old Irish bág (war) and Old Irish bágaid (to battle)[1],[2] which has been proposed to stem from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁ǵʰ- (to dispute, quarrel).[3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*bēganą[1]

  1. to fight, argue, quarrel

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bēʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 44
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhēgh-:bhōgh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 115
  3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 68