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 *biganganą (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

Related terms

• *bigangaz

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Note: Most daughter languages superseded forms in -ganganą with -gāną.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
    • ⇒ German: begangen
  • ⇒ Middle High German: begancnisse, begencnisse
    • German: Begängnis