"-chen" meaning in Middle English

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        "3": "-ċen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -ċen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-cen"
      },
      "expansion": "-cen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-ċin"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ikīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-ukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ukīn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "-ok",
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      },
      "expansion": "-ok + -en (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English -ċen, -cen, -ċin, from Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, equivalent to -ok + -en (diminutive suffix).",
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      "expansion": "-chen",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
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          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "bulchin"
        },
        {
          "text": "clouchin"
        },
        {
          "text": "ticchen"
        }
      ],
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        "Suffix forming diminutives of nouns"
      ],
      "id": "en--chen-enm-suffix-skKnVID6",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-chin"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ken"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-chen"
}

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    {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-ċen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -ċen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-cen"
      },
      "expansion": "-cen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-ċin"
      },
      "expansion": "-ċin",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ikīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*-ukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ukīn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ok",
        "3": "-en",
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        "pos2": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ok + -en (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English -ċen, -cen, -ċin, from Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, equivalent to -ok + -en (diminutive suffix).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix",
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      },
      "expansion": "-chen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English links with redundant target parameters",
        "Middle English suffixes",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (diminutive)",
        "Middle English terms suffixed with -ok"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "bulchin"
        },
        {
          "text": "clouchin"
        },
        {
          "text": "ticchen"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-chin"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ken"
    },
    {
      "word": "-kin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-chen"
}