Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bellaną

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 *bʰel- (“to sound; roar; bark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbel.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bellaną

1. to roar, bark, bellow
2. to ring

Inflection

Conjugation of *bellaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bellō	*bellaų	—	*bellai	?
2nd singular	*billizi	*bellaiz	*bell	*bellazai	*bellaizau
3rd singular	*billidi	*bellai	*belladau	*belladai	*bellaidau
1st dual	*bellōz	*bellaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*belladiz	*bellaidiz	*belladiz	—	—
1st plural	*bellamaz	*bellaim	—	*bellandai	*bellaindau
2nd plural	*billid	*bellaid	*billid	*bellandai	*bellaindau
3rd plural	*bellandi	*bellain	*bellandau	*bellandai	*bellaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ball	*bullį̄
2nd singular	*ballt	*bullīz
3rd singular	*ball	*bullī
1st dual	*bullū	*bullīw
2nd dual	*bulludiz	*bullīdiz
1st plural	*bullum	*bullīm
2nd plural	*bullud	*bullīd
3rd plural	*bullun	*bullīn
	present	past
participles	*bellandz	*bullanaz

Related terms

• *baljōną
• *bellǭ
• *buljaną

Descendants

• Old English: bellan
  • Middle English: bellen
    • English: bell
    • Scots: bell
• Old Saxon: *bellan
  • Middle Low German: bellen
    • German Low German: bellen
• Old Dutch: *bellan
  • Middle Dutch: bellen
    • Dutch: bellen
• Old High German: bellan
  • Middle High German: bëllen
    • Cimbrian: pèlln
    • German: bellen