See jam- on Wiktionary
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"english": "side by side; alongside",
"translation": "side by side; alongside",
"word": "jamsides"
},
{
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"english": "to place on an equal footing",
"translation": "to place on an equal footing",
"word": "jamstille"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "equilibrium, balance; equal stress distribution",
"translation": "equilibrium, balance; equal stress distribution",
"word": "jamvekt"
},
{
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"of jamvekt"
],
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"law"
],
"word": "jamvektslov"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "jamvekt dialect",
"translation": "jamvekt dialect",
"word": "jamvektsmål"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "word with jamvekt",
"translation": "word with jamvekt",
"word": "jamvektsord"
}
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"jamn",
"jamn#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
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"jevn#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"jafn",
"jafn#Old_Norse"
],
[
"*ebnaz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ebnaz"
]
],
"etymology_text": "From jamn (“even, equal”), a form of jevn (“even, equal”), from jafn (“even, equal”), from *ebnaz (“even, level”).",
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{
"text": "jam- (“equal, even, same”) + vekt (“weight, balance”) → jamvekt (“equilibrium, balance; equal stress distribution”)"
}
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{
"text": "jam- (“equal, same”) + stille (“to place, set”) → jamstille (“to place on an equal footing”)"
}
],
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"Used to form compounds meaning that something has the same position, status, or standing as something else; level, equal, side by side."
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},
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"english": "even, equal; in some compounds",
"translation": "even, equal; in some compounds",
"word": "jevn-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "equal, same; in some compounds",
"translation": "equal, same; in some compounds",
"word": "like-"
}
],
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}
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"english": "side by side; alongside",
"translation": "side by side; alongside",
"word": "jamsides"
},
{
"english": "to place on an equal footing",
"translation": "to place on an equal footing",
"word": "jamstille"
},
{
"english": "equilibrium, balance; equal stress distribution",
"translation": "equilibrium, balance; equal stress distribution",
"word": "jamvekt"
},
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"of jamvekt"
],
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"law"
],
"word": "jamvektslov"
},
{
"english": "jamvekt dialect",
"translation": "jamvekt dialect",
"word": "jamvektsmål"
},
{
"english": "word with jamvekt",
"translation": "word with jamvekt",
"word": "jamvektsord"
}
],
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"jamn",
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"jevn",
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[
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],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ebnaz"
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],
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}
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"translation": "equal, same; in some compounds",
"word": "like-"
}
],
"word": "jam-"
}
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