See wela in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wel"
},
"expansion": "Old English: wel\nMiddle English: wel, well, weel, weele, wele, welle, wulle, wille, wal, wol\nEnglish: well\nGeordie English: weel\nScots: weel, wele, weil, weill\nYola: waal, wull, well, wel, vella (before consonant)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: wel\nMiddle English: wel, well, weel, weele, wele, welle, wulle, wille, wal, wol\nEnglish: well\nGeordie English: weel\nScots: weel, wele, weil, weill\nYola: waal, wull, well, wel, vella (before consonant)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wel",
"3": "wal",
"4": "wol"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: wel, wal, wol",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: wel, wal, wol"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "wel",
"3": "weil",
"4": "wal"
},
"expansion": "North Frisian: wel, weil, wal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "North Frisian: wel, weil, wal"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "wul",
"3": "wäil"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian: wul, wäil",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saterland Frisian: wul, wäil"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wol"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: wol",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "West Frisian: wol"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wela"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: wela, wel, wala, wola\nMiddle Low German: wole, wol, wal\nLow German: wol, wull",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: wela, wel, wala, wola\nMiddle Low German: wole, wol, wal\nLow German: wol, wull"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*wela",
"3": "wala"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *wela, wala",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *wela, wala"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wel"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: wel\nDutch: wel\nAfrikaans: wel\nNegerhollands: wel\nSkepi Creole Dutch: wel\n→ Kwinti: wel\nLimburgish: wèl, waal",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: wel\nDutch: wel\nAfrikaans: wel\nNegerhollands: wel\nSkepi Creole Dutch: wel\n→ Kwinti: wel\nLimburgish: wèl, waal"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wola",
"qq": "we- > wo- as in <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"goh\">wohha</i> etc."
},
"expansion": "Old High German: wola, wela (we- > wo- as in wohha etc.)\nMiddle High German: wol, wole\nCimbrian: bóol, boll\nGerman: wohl\nLuxembourgish: wuel\nYiddish: ווויל (voyl)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: wola, wela (we- > wo- as in wohha etc.)\nMiddle High German: wol, wole\nCimbrian: bóol, boll\nGerman: wohl\nLuxembourgish: wuel\nYiddish: ווויל (voyl)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "vel"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse: vel\nIcelandic: vel\nFaroese: væl\nNorwegian: vel\nOld Swedish: væl, val\nSwedish: väl\nOld Danish: væl\nDanish: vel",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Norse: vel\nIcelandic: vel\nFaroese: væl\nNorwegian: vel\nOld Swedish: væl, val\nSwedish: väl\nOld Danish: væl\nDanish: vel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰"
},
"expansion": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*welh₁-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "वर",
"3": "",
"4": "better, best",
"tr": "vára"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit वर (vára, “better, best”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from earlier *welat, neuter accusative to an unattested adjective *welaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognate with Sanskrit वर (vára, “better, best”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gōdaz",
"tags": [
"adjective"
]
},
{
"form": "batiz",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "batist",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Germanic",
"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wela",
"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"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"well (in a good manner)"
],
"id": "en-wela-gem-pro-adv-QfHzBSVV",
"links": [
[
"well",
"well"
],
[
"good",
"good#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwe.lɑ/"
}
],
"word": "wela"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wel"
},
"expansion": "Old English: wel\nMiddle English: wel, well, weel, weele, wele, welle, wulle, wille, wal, wol\nEnglish: well\nGeordie English: weel\nScots: weel, wele, weil, weill\nYola: waal, wull, well, wel, vella (before consonant)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: wel\nMiddle English: wel, well, weel, weele, wele, welle, wulle, wille, wal, wol\nEnglish: well\nGeordie English: weel\nScots: weel, wele, weil, weill\nYola: waal, wull, well, wel, vella (before consonant)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wel",
"3": "wal",
"4": "wol"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: wel, wal, wol",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: wel, wal, wol"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "wel",
"3": "weil",
"4": "wal"
},
"expansion": "North Frisian: wel, weil, wal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "North Frisian: wel, weil, wal"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "wul",
"3": "wäil"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian: wul, wäil",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saterland Frisian: wul, wäil"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wol"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: wol",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "West Frisian: wol"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wela"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: wela, wel, wala, wola\nMiddle Low German: wole, wol, wal\nLow German: wol, wull",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: wela, wel, wala, wola\nMiddle Low German: wole, wol, wal\nLow German: wol, wull"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*wela",
"3": "wala"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *wela, wala",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *wela, wala"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wel"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: wel\nDutch: wel\nAfrikaans: wel\nNegerhollands: wel\nSkepi Creole Dutch: wel\n→ Kwinti: wel\nLimburgish: wèl, waal",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: wel\nDutch: wel\nAfrikaans: wel\nNegerhollands: wel\nSkepi Creole Dutch: wel\n→ Kwinti: wel\nLimburgish: wèl, waal"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wola",
"qq": "we- > wo- as in <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"goh\">wohha</i> etc."
},
"expansion": "Old High German: wola, wela (we- > wo- as in wohha etc.)\nMiddle High German: wol, wole\nCimbrian: bóol, boll\nGerman: wohl\nLuxembourgish: wuel\nYiddish: ווויל (voyl)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: wola, wela (we- > wo- as in wohha etc.)\nMiddle High German: wol, wole\nCimbrian: bóol, boll\nGerman: wohl\nLuxembourgish: wuel\nYiddish: ווויל (voyl)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "vel"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse: vel\nIcelandic: vel\nFaroese: væl\nNorwegian: vel\nOld Swedish: væl, val\nSwedish: väl\nOld Danish: væl\nDanish: vel",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Norse: vel\nIcelandic: vel\nFaroese: væl\nNorwegian: vel\nOld Swedish: væl, val\nSwedish: väl\nOld Danish: væl\nDanish: vel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰"
},
"expansion": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*welh₁-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "वर",
"3": "",
"4": "better, best",
"tr": "vára"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit वर (vára, “better, best”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from earlier *welat, neuter accusative to an unattested adjective *welaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognate with Sanskrit वर (vára, “better, best”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gōdaz",
"tags": [
"adjective"
]
},
{
"form": "batiz",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "batist",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Germanic",
"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wela",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Germanic adverbs",
"Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"glosses": [
"well (in a good manner)"
],
"links": [
[
"well",
"well"
],
[
"good",
"good#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwe.lɑ/"
}
],
"word": "wela"
}
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