maist in Proto-Germanic

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{
  "etymology_text": "See *maistaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maistaz",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiz",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maist",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "sense": "Middle English: most, moste",
          "tags": [
            "English"
          ],
          "word": "most"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old Frisian: māst; West Frisian",
          "word": "meast"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old Saxon",
          "word": "mēst"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Dutch: meest",
          "tags": [
            "Afrikaans"
          ],
          "word": "meeste"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old High German: meist",
          "tags": [
            "German"
          ],
          "word": "meist"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old Norse: mest; Icelandic",
          "word": "mest"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old Norse: mest",
          "tags": [
            "Faroese"
          ],
          "word": "mest"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old Norse: mest; Norwegian",
          "word": "mest"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old Swedish: mæst; Swedish",
          "word": "mest"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old Norse: mest; Danish",
          "word": "mest"
        },
        {
          "roman": "maist",
          "tags": [
            "Gothic"
          ],
          "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "most, to the greatest degree"
      ],
      "id": "en-maist-gem-pro-adv-hfAgMYCK",
      "links": [
        [
          "most",
          "most"
        ],
        [
          "greatest",
          "greatest"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "the",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(the) most, to the greatest degree"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑi̯st/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maist"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Middle English: most, moste",
      "tags": [
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "most"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old Frisian: māst; West Frisian",
      "word": "meast"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old Saxon",
      "word": "mēst"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Dutch: meest",
      "tags": [
        "Afrikaans"
      ],
      "word": "meeste"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old High German: meist",
      "tags": [
        "German"
      ],
      "word": "meist"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old Norse: mest; Icelandic",
      "word": "mest"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old Norse: mest",
      "tags": [
        "Faroese"
      ],
      "word": "mest"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old Norse: mest; Norwegian",
      "word": "mest"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old Swedish: mæst; Swedish",
      "word": "mest"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old Norse: mest; Danish",
      "word": "mest"
    },
    {
      "roman": "maist",
      "tags": [
        "Gothic"
      ],
      "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See *maistaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maistaz",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiz",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maist",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic non-lemma forms",
        "Proto-Germanic superlative adverbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "most, to the greatest degree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "most",
          "most"
        ],
        [
          "greatest",
          "greatest"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "the",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(the) most, to the greatest degree"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑi̯st/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maist"
}

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"maist" meaning in Proto-Germanic

Adverb