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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bergan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *berganą.
Verb
*bergan
- to preserve, to keep
- to protect, to shelter
Inflection
Strong class 3 | ||
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Infinitive | *bergan | |
1st sg. past | *barg | |
3rd pl. past | *burgun | |
Past ptcple | *borgan | |
Infinitive | *bergan | |
Genitive infin. | *bergannjas | |
Dative infin. | *bergannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *bergannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *bergu | *barg |
2nd singular | *birgiʀi | *burgī |
3rd singular | *birgidi | *barg |
1st plural | *bergum | *burgum |
2nd plural | *birgid | *burgud |
3rd plural | *bergand | *burgun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *bergē | *burgī |
2nd singular | *bergēs | *burgī |
3rd singular | *bergē | *burgī |
1st plural | *bergēm | *burgīm |
2nd plural | *bergēþ | *burgīd |
3rd plural | *bergēn | *burgīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *berg | |
Plural | *birgid | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *bergandī | *borgan |
Descendants
- Old English: beorgan
- Middle English: berwen, berȝen, bergen, berghen, beregen, berȝhen
- English: bergh
- Middle English: berwen, berȝen, bergen, berghen, beregen, berȝhen
- Old Frisian: *berga; bergia
- Saterland Frisian: bierge
- West Frisian: bergje
- Old Saxon: *bergan
- Middle Low German: bergen, bargen
- German Low German: bargen
- → Swedish: bärga (partly)
- ? → Finnish: pärjätä
- Middle Low German: bergen, bargen
- Old Dutch: bergan
- Middle Dutch: bergen
- Dutch: bergen
- Afrikaans: berg
- Limburgish: bèrge
- Dutch: bergen
- Middle Dutch: bergen
- Old High German: bergan