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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *biganganą</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_biganganą</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_bigangana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biganganą">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>biganganą</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˌbi.ˈɣɑŋ.ɡɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛒᛁᚷᚨᚾᚷᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 7c</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to go about</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>to commit</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="3">
            <def>to come across; find; get; procure; acquire</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="4">
            <def>to celebrate</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *bi- (‘by, at’; a general locative prefix) + *ganganą (‘to go, walk, step’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigangō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigangaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigangai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigangizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigangaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigang</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigangazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigangaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigangidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigangai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigangadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigangadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigangaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigangōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigangaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigangadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigangaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigangadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigangamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigangaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigangandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigangaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigangid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigangaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigangid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigangandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigangaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigangandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigangain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigangandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigangandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigangaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigegang</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigegangį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>geganht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigegangīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigegang</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigegangī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigegangū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigegangīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigegangudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigegangīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigegangum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigegangīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigegangud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigegangīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigegangun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigegangīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>bigangandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>biganganaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>biganganą</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>begangan, begongan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>beganga, bigengea, bigenga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>beȝenga, beȝeng</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>bigunga</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>bigangnisse, bigongnisse</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>begunge</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                  <orth>*bigangan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>begangen, begengen, begingen</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>begangenis</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old High German</lang>
                  <orth>bigangan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                    <orth>begangen, begancnisse, begencnisse</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>German</lang>
                      <orth>begangen</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                  <orth>bigangan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                    <orth>begangnisse, begencnisse</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>bigangandelīk, bigangandilīk</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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