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