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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *belganą</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_belganą</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_sga_bolg" xml:lang="sga" type="cognate">
          <orth>bolg</orth>
          <def>belly, stomach, bag, bellows</def>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_belgana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/belganą">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>belganą</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈbel.ɣɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛒᛖᛚᚷᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 3</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to swell</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European *bʰélǵʰ-e/o- from root *bʰelǵʰ- (‘to swell’). Cognate with Old Irish <mentioned xml:lang="sga" target="#cog_sga_bolg"><ref target="#cog_sga_bolg">bolg</ref></mentioned> (‘belly, stomach; bag, satchel; bellows’), Serbo-Croatian blàzina (‘pillow, cushion’), Persian بالش (bâleš, ‘pillow, cushion’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>belgō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>belgaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>belgai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bilgizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>belgaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>belg</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>belgazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>belgaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bilgidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>belgai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>belgadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>belgadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>belgaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>belgōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>belgaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>belgadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>belgaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>belgadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>belgamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>belgaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>belgandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>belgaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bilgid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>belgaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bilgid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>belgandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>belgaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>belgandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>belgain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>belgandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>belgandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>belgaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>balg</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bulgį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>balht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bulgīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>balg</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bulgī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>bulgū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>bulgīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>bulgudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>bulgīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bulgum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bulgīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bulgud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bulgīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bulgun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bulgīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>belgandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>bulganaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>belganą</orth>
            </form>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*belgan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>belga</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*belgan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>belgan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>belgen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>belgen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*belgan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>belgan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>belwen, belewi, below</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>bellow</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*belgan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>belgan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>bëlgen</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*belgan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>belgan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>belgen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>belgen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>bólginn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>bólginn</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>bulghin</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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          </re>
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