Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bargijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bargijaną.
Verb
*bargijan[1]
- to taste
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *bargijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *bargidā | |
| Infinitive | *bargijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *bargijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *bargijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *bargijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *bargiju | *bargidā |
| 2nd singular | *bargisi | *bargidēs, *bargidōs |
| 3rd singular | *bargiþi | *bargidē, *bargidā |
| 1st plural | *bargijum | *bargidum |
| 2nd plural | *bargiþ | *bargidud |
| 3rd plural | *bargijanþ | *bargidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *bargijē | *bargidī |
| 2nd singular | *bargijēs | *bargidī |
| 3rd singular | *bargijē | *bargidī |
| 1st plural | *bargijēm | *bargidīm |
| 2nd plural | *bargijēþ | *bargidīd |
| 3rd plural | *bargijēn | *bargidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *bargi | |
| Plural | *bargiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *bargijandī | *bargid |
Descendants
- Old English: biergan, berġan — Anglian, birġan, byrġan — Late West Saxon, beorġan, berian, byriġan
- Middle English: büriȝen
- Old High German: *bergen
- ⇒ Old High German: bergita (“cake”)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*barʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37