"y-" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "y-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English y-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ġe-",
        "pos": "perfective and associative prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ge-"
      },
      "expansion": "German ge-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "גע־"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish גע־ (ge-)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English y-, from Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix); see those entries for more. Cognate with German ge-, Yiddish גע־ (ge-).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "y-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ybarred, yclept, yclad, ybaptized, yslain, yronne"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles (this prefix does not occur independently and is no longer productive)."
      ],
      "id": "en-y--en-prefix-1y6Hc2k5",
      "links": [
        [
          "past participle",
          "past participle#English"
        ],
        [
          "conjugation",
          "conjugation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(not productive, obsolete) Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles (this prefix does not occur independently and is no longer productive)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "Devonshire",
          "word": "a-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "morpheme",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "y-"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "y-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English y-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ġe-",
        "pos": "perfective and associative prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ge-"
      },
      "expansion": "German ge-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "גע־"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish גע־ (ge-)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English y-, from Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix); see those entries for more. Cognate with German ge-, Yiddish גע־ (ge-).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "y-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 1-syllable words",
        "English lemmas",
        "English prefixes",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ybarred, yclept, yclad, ybaptized, yslain, yronne"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles (this prefix does not occur independently and is no longer productive)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "past participle",
          "past participle#English"
        ],
        [
          "conjugation",
          "conjugation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(not productive, obsolete) Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles (this prefix does not occur independently and is no longer productive)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "morpheme",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Devonshire",
      "word": "a-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "y-"
}