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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/buggjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bugjaną.

Verb

*buggjan[1]

  1. to buy
    Synonyms: *kaupijan, *kaupōn

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive *buggjan
1st sg. past *bohtā
Infinitive *buggjan
Genitive infin. *buggjannjas
Dative infin. *buggjannjē
Instrum. infin. *buggjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *buggju *bohtā
2nd singular *bugisi *bohtēs, *bohtōs
3rd singular *bugiþi *bohtē, *bohtā
1st plural *buggjum *bohtum
2nd plural *bugiþ *bohtud
3rd plural *buggjanþ *bohtun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *buggjē *bohtī
2nd singular *buggjēs *bohtī
3rd singular *buggjē *bohtī
1st plural *buggjēm *bohtīm
2nd plural *buggjēþ *bohtīd
3rd plural *buggjēn *bohtīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bugi
Plural *bugiþ
Present Past
Participle *buggjandī *boht

Descendants

  • Old English: byċġan, biċġan
    • Middle English: byen, bien, biggen, buggen
      • English: buy
      • Scots: by
      • Yola: bidge
  • Old Saxon: buggian, buggean
  • Old High German: *buggen
    • Old High German: bugidi
    • Old High German: bugihaft

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51:PWGmc *[bugʲgʲan]
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