See wiht in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "weght"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: weght, weghte, weighte, weihte, weit, wighte\nEnglish: weight\nScots: wecht, weicht\nYola: waaight",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: weght, weghte, weighte, weihte, weit, wighte\nEnglish: weight\nScots: wecht, weicht\nYola: waaight"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wihti"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wihti",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "wicht"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wicht",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wicht"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wicht",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "vætt"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse vætt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "vægt"
},
"expansion": "Danish vægt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "vekt"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian vekt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "giwihti"
},
"expansion": "Old High German giwihti",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Gewicht"
},
"expansion": "German Gewicht",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wihti.\nCognate with Middle Low German wicht, Dutch wicht, gewicht, Old Norse vætt (compare also Danish vægt, Norwegian vekt); Old High German giwihti (German Gewicht).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "wiht f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "wiht f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "wegan"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"weight"
],
"links": [
[
"weight",
"weight"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ang:weight"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wixt/"
},
{
"ipa": "[wiçt]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"common"
],
"word": "ġewiht"
},
{
"tags": [
"Kentish"
],
"word": "wiaht"
},
{
"word": "wyht"
},
{
"word": "wuht"
},
{
"word": "uht"
}
],
"word": "wiht"
}
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