"-y" meaning in Middle English

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-y",
            "3": "-ie",
            "4": "-ey"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -y, -ie, -ey",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -y, -ie, -ey"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "-ie",
            "3": "-y"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: -ie, -y",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: -ie, -y"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-iġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -iġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-g"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-g",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-gaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-gaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-kos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-kos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ik"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of -ik",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Doublet of -ik.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by being appended to a noun."
      ],
      "id": "en--y-enm-suffix-enm:_y",
      "senseid": [
        "enm:-y"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-e"
        },
        {
          "word": "-eg"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ege"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ey"
        },
        {
          "word": "-i"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ich"
        },
        {
          "word": "-iche"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ie"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ig"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ige"
        },
        {
          "word": "-iȝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "-iȝe"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ik"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ike"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ye"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-iː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-y"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-yf"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -yf"
      ],
      "id": "en--y-enm-suffix-y6Ev5V5A",
      "links": [
        [
          "-yf",
          "-yf#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-y"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ie"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -ie"
      ],
      "id": "en--y-enm-suffix-PiL4qPcY",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ie",
          "-ie#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-y"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English doublets",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English suffixes",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-y",
            "3": "-ie",
            "4": "-ey"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -y, -ie, -ey",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -y, -ie, -ey"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "-ie",
            "3": "-y"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: -ie, -y",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: -ie, -y"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-iġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -iġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-g"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-g",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-gaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-gaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-kos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-kos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ik"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of -ik",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Doublet of -ik.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by being appended to a noun."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:-y"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-iː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-e"
    },
    {
      "word": "-eg"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ege"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ey"
    },
    {
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ich"
    },
    {
      "word": "-iche"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ie"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ig"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ige"
    },
    {
      "word": "-iȝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "-iȝe"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ik"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ike"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ye"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-y"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English suffixes"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-yf"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -yf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-yf",
          "-yf#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-y"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English suffixes"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ie"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -ie"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ie",
          "-ie#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-y"
}