See hwæl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "whale"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: whale, hwæl, qual, whal, swale, quall, quale, whaale, whalle, qwayll, wale, qwall, qwalle\nEnglish: whale\nScots: whaul",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: whale, hwæl, qual, whal, swale, quall, quale, whaale, whalle, qwayll, wale, qwall, qwalle\nEnglish: whale\nScots: whaul"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwal"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwal",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwalaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwalaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kʷálos",
"t": "large fish, sheatfish"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“large fish, sheatfish”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "hwal"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon hwal",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wal"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wal",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "hvalr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hvalr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "squalus",
"t": "shark"
},
"expansion": "Latin squalus (“shark”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "kala"
},
"expansion": "Finnish kala",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-pro",
"2": "*kala"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Uralic *kala",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“large fish, sheatfish”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal, Old Norse hvalr, Latin squalus (“shark”). Perhaps also related to Finnish kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hwæl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwæl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwæles",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwala",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwæle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "hwæl m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "hwæl m",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hwæl",
"2": "hwal"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hwæl",
"2": "hwalas",
"3": "hwæl",
"4": "hwalas",
"5": "hwæles",
"6": "hwala",
"7": "hwæle",
"8": "hwalum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Cetaceans",
"orig": "ang:Cetaceans",
"parents": [
"Even-toed ungulates",
"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "walrus",
"word": "horshwæl"
},
{
"english": "whaler",
"word": "hwælhunta"
},
{
"english": "whaling",
"word": "hwælhuntoþ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"whale"
],
"id": "en-hwæl-ang-noun-pdKuKG0N",
"links": [
[
"whale",
"whale"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xwæl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʍæl]"
}
],
"word": "hwæl"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "walrus",
"word": "horshwæl"
},
{
"english": "whaler",
"word": "hwælhunta"
},
{
"english": "whaling",
"word": "hwælhuntoþ"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "whale"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: whale, hwæl, qual, whal, swale, quall, quale, whaale, whalle, qwayll, wale, qwall, qwalle\nEnglish: whale\nScots: whaul",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: whale, hwæl, qual, whal, swale, quall, quale, whaale, whalle, qwayll, wale, qwall, qwalle\nEnglish: whale\nScots: whaul"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwal"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwal",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwalaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwalaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kʷálos",
"t": "large fish, sheatfish"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“large fish, sheatfish”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "hwal"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon hwal",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wal"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wal",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "hvalr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hvalr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "squalus",
"t": "shark"
},
"expansion": "Latin squalus (“shark”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "kala"
},
"expansion": "Finnish kala",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-pro",
"2": "*kala"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Uralic *kala",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“large fish, sheatfish”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal, Old Norse hvalr, Latin squalus (“shark”). Perhaps also related to Finnish kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hwæl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwæl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwæles",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwala",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hwæle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hwalum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "hwæl m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "hwæl m",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hwæl",
"2": "hwal"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hwæl",
"2": "hwalas",
"3": "hwæl",
"4": "hwalas",
"5": "hwæles",
"6": "hwala",
"7": "hwæle",
"8": "hwalum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
"Old English masculine nouns",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ang:Cetaceans"
],
"glosses": [
"whale"
],
"links": [
[
"whale",
"whale"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xwæl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʍæl]"
}
],
"word": "hwæl"
}
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