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": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "maist",
          "tags": [
            "Gothic"
          ],
          "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄"
        },
        {
          "word": "Old Dutch: *mēstMiddle Dutch: meestDutch: meestAfrikaans: meeste"
        },
        {
          "word": "Old English: māst"
        },
        {
          "word": "mǣstMiddle English: most"
        },
        {
          "word": "mosteEnglish: most"
        },
        {
          "word": "Old Frisian: māstWest Frisian: meast"
        },
        {
          "word": "Old High German: meistGerman: meist"
        },
        {
          "word": "Old Norse: mestDanish: mestFaroese: mestIcelandic: mestNorwegian: mestOld Swedish: mæstSwedish: mest"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old Saxon",
          "word": "mēst"
        }
      ],
      "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": [
    {
      "roman": "maist",
      "tags": [
        "Gothic"
      ],
      "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄"
    },
    {
      "word": "Old Dutch: *mēstMiddle Dutch: meestDutch: meestAfrikaans: meeste"
    },
    {
      "word": "Old English: māst"
    },
    {
      "word": "mǣstMiddle English: most"
    },
    {
      "word": "mosteEnglish: most"
    },
    {
      "word": "Old Frisian: māstWest Frisian: meast"
    },
    {
      "word": "Old High German: meistGerman: meist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Old Norse: mestDanish: mestFaroese: mestIcelandic: mestNorwegian: mestOld Swedish: mæstSwedish: mest"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old Saxon",
      "word": "mēst"
    }
  ],
  "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