"gen" meaning in Old High German

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "gēn"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: gēn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: gēn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "gehen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: gehen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: gehen, gehn"
    }
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*gān"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *gān",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "gân > he geit"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German gân > he geit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ē"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German ē",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ē"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German ē",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The form gēn appears early on in Bavarian, later spreading to eastern and southern Franconian and to the newly developing East Central German. Its origins are unknown. One theory invokes the original paradigm of Proto-West Germanic *gān, which had *ai in the 2nd and 3rd persons singular of the present; compare Middle Low German gân > he geit, modern Colognian jonn > hä jeiht, etc. The Old High German ē might thus be explained as a compromise vowel between ā and ei. What lends credence to this theory is the fact that Old High German ē cannot have developed regularly in the given position, as it only occurs before h, r, w, and word-finally.",
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    {
      "form": "gēn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "verb",
        "head": "gēn"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to go",
          "word": "gān"
        }
      ],
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 31 entries",
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of gān (“to go”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gen-goh-verb-Yc6pLq8E",
      "links": [
        [
          "gān",
          "gan#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "stēn"
        }
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡeːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɛːn]",
      "note": "early"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gen"
}

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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "gēn"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: gēn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: gēn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "gehen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: gehen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: gehen, gehn"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "goh",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*gān"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *gān",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "gân > he geit"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German gân > he geit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ē"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German ē",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ē"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German ē",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The form gēn appears early on in Bavarian, later spreading to eastern and southern Franconian and to the newly developing East Central German. Its origins are unknown. One theory invokes the original paradigm of Proto-West Germanic *gān, which had *ai in the 2nd and 3rd persons singular of the present; compare Middle Low German gân > he geit, modern Colognian jonn > hä jeiht, etc. The Old High German ē might thus be explained as a compromise vowel between ā and ei. What lends credence to this theory is the fact that Old High German ē cannot have developed regularly in the given position, as it only occurs before h, r, w, and word-finally.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gēn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "verb",
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      },
      "expansion": "gēn",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "stēn"
    }
  ],
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          "extra": "to go",
          "word": "gān"
        }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of gān (“to go”)"
      ],
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          "gan#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡeːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɛːn]",
      "note": "early"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gen"
}