"maist" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Adverb

IPA: /mɑi̯st/ Forms: maistaz [adjective], maiz [comparative]
  1. (the) most, to the greatest degree Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-maist-gem-pro-adv-hfAgMYCK Categories (other): Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 (maist) [Gothic] Derived forms (Middle Dutch: meest): meest [Dutch] Derived forms (Middle English: most, moste): most [English] Derived forms (Old Frisian: māst; West Frisian): meast Derived forms (Old High German: meist): meist [German] Derived forms (Old Norse: mest): mest [Faroese] Derived forms (Old Norse: mest; Danish): mest Derived forms (Old Norse: mest; Icelandic): mest Derived forms (Old Norse: mest; Norwegian): mest Derived forms (Old Saxon): mēst Derived forms (Old Swedish: mæst; Swedish): mest

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