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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bigetan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bigetaną. Equivalent to *bi- + *getan.
Verb
*bigetan
- to get, to find
Inflection
| Strong class 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *bigetan | |
| 1st sg. past | *bigat | |
| 3rd pl. past | *bigātun | |
| Past ptcple | *bigetan | |
| Infinitive | *bigetan | |
| Genitive infin. | *bigetannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *bigetannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *bigetannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *bigetu | *bigat |
| 2nd singular | *bigitiʀi | *bigātī |
| 3rd singular | *bigitidi | *bigat |
| 1st plural | *bigetum | *bigātum |
| 2nd plural | *bigitid | *bigātud |
| 3rd plural | *bigetand | *bigātun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *bigetē | *bigātī |
| 2nd singular | *bigetēs | *bigātī |
| 3rd singular | *bigetē | *bigātī |
| 1st plural | *bigetēm | *bigātīm |
| 2nd plural | *bigetēþ | *bigātīd |
| 3rd plural | *bigetēn | *bigātīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *biget | |
| Plural | *bigitid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *bigetandī | *bigetan |
Descendants
- Old English: beġietan
- English: beget (influenced by Old Norse geta (“to get, to guess”))
- Old Saxon: bigetan
- Old Dutch: *bigetan
- Middle Dutch: begēten
- Old High German: bigezzan