See wabi on Wiktionary
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "webbi",
"3": "weppi"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: webbi, weppi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: webbi, weppi"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "webbe",
"3": "weppe"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: webbe, weppe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: webbe, weppe"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Spinnwebe",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ German: Spinnwebe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ German: Spinnwebe"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*webʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wabją"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wabją",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wabją.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Neuter ja-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "wabi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wabbju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wabi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wabbju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wabbjas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wabbjō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wabbjē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wabbjum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wabbju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wabbjum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "noun",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "*wabi n",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n"
},
"name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wabi",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"gmw-pro:Weaving"
],
"glosses": [
"something woven"
],
"links": [
[
"woven",
"weave"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"gmw-pro:Arachnids"
],
"glosses": [
"web"
],
"links": [
[
"web",
"web"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "wabi"
}
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