"amaʀā" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Noun

Etymology: Kroonen links *amslā (“blackbird”), which is either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(-)s- (“blackbird”) or from a Central European substrate language; if the former, the stem *amaʀ- could reflect the unsuffixed original *h₂ém-ōs ~ *h₂m-és-. Etymology templates: {{der|gmw-pro|ine-pro||*h₂em(-)s-|blackbird}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(-)s- (“blackbird”), {{der|gmw-pro|qfa-sub}} substrate Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=f}} *amaʀā f Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-on}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], amaʀā [nominative, singular], amaʀōn [nominative, plural], amaʀōn [accusative, singular], amaʀōn [accusative, plural], amaʀōn [genitive, singular], amaʀōnō [genitive, plural], amaʀōn [dative, singular], amaʀōm [dative, plural], amaʀum [dative, plural], amaʀōn [instrumental, singular], amaʀōm [instrumental, plural], amaʀum [instrumental, plural], *amaʀō [alternative]
  1. blackbird Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-amaʀā-gmw-pro-noun-PoGSz6F9 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. yellowhammer Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-amaʀā-gmw-pro-noun-vb0vKv7a
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "amore"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: amore\nMiddle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre\nEnglish: ammer\n⇒ Middle English: *yelwamre, *yelambre, *yelwambre\n⇒ English: yelambre, yelamber, yellowhammer",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: amore\nMiddle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre\nEnglish: ammer\n⇒ Middle English: *yelwamre, *yelambre, *yelwambre\n⇒ English: yelambre, yelamber, yellowhammer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "amaro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: amaro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: amaro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "amara",
            "3": "amaro",
            "4": "amero"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: amara, amaro, amero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: amara, amaro, amero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "amer"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: amer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: amer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Ammer"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Ammer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Ammer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*h₂em(-)s-",
        "5": "blackbird"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(-)s- (“blackbird”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Kroonen links *amslā (“blackbird”), which is either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(-)s- (“blackbird”) or from a Central European substrate language; if the former, the stem *amaʀ- could reflect the unsuffixed original *h₂ém-ōs ~ *h₂m-és-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōn-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*amaʀō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*amaʀā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-on"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/amaʀā",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blackbird"
      ],
      "id": "en-amaʀā-gmw-pro-noun-PoGSz6F9",
      "links": [
        [
          "blackbird",
          "blackbird"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "yellowhammer"
      ],
      "id": "en-amaʀā-gmw-pro-noun-vb0vKv7a",
      "links": [
        [
          "yellowhammer",
          "yellowhammer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "amaʀā"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from substrate languages",
    "Proto-West Germanic ōn-stem nouns"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "amore"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: amore\nMiddle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre\nEnglish: ammer\n⇒ Middle English: *yelwamre, *yelambre, *yelwambre\n⇒ English: yelambre, yelamber, yellowhammer",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: amore\nMiddle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre\nEnglish: ammer\n⇒ Middle English: *yelwamre, *yelambre, *yelwambre\n⇒ English: yelambre, yelamber, yellowhammer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "amaro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: amaro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: amaro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "amara",
            "3": "amaro",
            "4": "amero"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: amara, amaro, amero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: amara, amaro, amero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "amer"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: amer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: amer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Ammer"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Ammer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Ammer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*h₂em(-)s-",
        "5": "blackbird"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(-)s- (“blackbird”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Kroonen links *amslā (“blackbird”), which is either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(-)s- (“blackbird”) or from a Central European substrate language; if the former, the stem *amaʀ- could reflect the unsuffixed original *h₂ém-ōs ~ *h₂m-és-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōn-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaʀum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*amaʀō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*amaʀā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-on"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/amaʀā",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Thrushes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blackbird"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blackbird",
          "blackbird"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Perching birds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yellowhammer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yellowhammer",
          "yellowhammer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "amaʀā"
}

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