Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bargijaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʷ-, *bʰergʷʰ- (“to feed”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φέρβω (phérbō, “to feed, nourish, graze”), Sanskrit भर्वति (bhárvati, “he chews, eats, devours”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑr.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bargijaną

1. to taste

Inflection

Conjugation of *bargijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bargijō	*bargijaų	—	*bargijai	?
2nd singular	*bargīsi	*bargijais	*bargī	*bargijasai	*bargijaisau
3rd singular	*bargīþi	*bargijai	*bargijaþau	*bargijaþai	*bargijaiþau
1st dual	*bargijōs	*bargijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bargijaþiz	*bargijaiþiz	*bargijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bargijamaz	*bargijaim	—	*bargijanþai	*bargijainþau
2nd plural	*bargīþ	*bargijaiþ	*bargīþ	*bargijanþai	*bargijainþau
3rd plural	*bargijanþi	*bargijain	*bargijanþau	*bargijanþai	*bargijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bargidǭ	*bargidēdį̄
2nd singular	*bargidēz	*bargidēdīz
3rd singular	*bargidē	*bargidēdī
1st dual	*bargidēdū	*bargidēdīw
2nd dual	*bargidēdudiz	*bargidēdīdiz
1st plural	*bargidēdum	*bargidēdīm
2nd plural	*bargidēdud	*bargidēdīd
3rd plural	*bargidēdun	*bargidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*bargijandz	*bargidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bargijan
  • 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”)
• Old Norse: bergja
  • Icelandic: bergja
  • Norwegian: bergja