Willem in Middle Dutch

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "Willem"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "Wiremu",
          "word": "ウィレム"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "Billeom",
          "word": "빌럼"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Toba Batak",
          "lang_code": "bbc",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "Billem",
          "word": "ᯅᯪᯞ᯲ᯞᯩᯔ᯲"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "Willem"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*Willihelm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *Willihelm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*Wiljahelmaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch *Willihelm, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Willem m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Dutch given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Dutch male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Willem-dum-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Willem"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "Willem"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "Wiremu",
          "word": "ウィレム"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "Billeom",
          "word": "빌럼"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Toba Batak",
          "lang_code": "bbc",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "Billem",
          "word": "ᯅᯪᯞ᯲ᯞᯩᯔ᯲"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "Willem"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*Willihelm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *Willihelm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*Wiljahelmaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch *Willihelm, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Willem m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle Dutch given names",
        "Middle Dutch lemmas",
        "Middle Dutch male given names",
        "Middle Dutch masculine nouns",
        "Middle Dutch proper nouns",
        "Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
        "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Willem"
}

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"Willem" meaning in Middle Dutch

Proper name