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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*belganą[1][2]
- to swell
Inflection
Conjugation of
*belganą (strong class 3)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *belgan
- Old Norse: bólginn (“swollen”, past participle)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*belgan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 58
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*belʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 41