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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bigetaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bigetaną</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_bigetana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bigetaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>bigetaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˌbi.ˈɣe.tɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛒᛁᚷᛖᛏᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 5</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to get anew, to beget</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>to reach, to find, to discover</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *bi- (‘by, at’; a general locative prefix) + *getaną (‘acquire, get, receive, hold’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigetō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigetaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigetai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigitizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigetaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>biget</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigetazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigetaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigitidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigetai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigetadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigetadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigetaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigetōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigetaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigetadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigetaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigetadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigetamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigetaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigetandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigetaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigitid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigetaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigitid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigetandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigetaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigetandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigetain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigetandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigetandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigetaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigat</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigētį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigast</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigētīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigat</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigētī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigētū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigētīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigētudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigētīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigētum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigētīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigētud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigētīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigētun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigētīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>bigetandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>bigetanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>bigetaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*bigetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*bigetan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>begēten</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*bigetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>beġietan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>beget</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*bigetan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>bigezzan</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>bigetan</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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