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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flītan"
},
"expansion": "Old English: flītan\nMiddle English: flyten, fflytt, flite, fliten, flyte, flytin\nEnglish: flite, flyte\nScots: flite, flyte",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: flītan\nMiddle English: flyten, fflytt, flite, fliten, flyte, flytin\nEnglish: flite, flyte\nScots: flite, flyte"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "flītan"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: flītan\nMiddle Low German: vlîten\nGerman Low German: flieten",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: flītan\nMiddle Low German: vlîten\nGerman Low German: flieten"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "flītan"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: flītan\nMiddle Dutch: vliten",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: flītan\nMiddle Dutch: vliten"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "flīzan",
"3": "flīzzan"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: flīzan, flīzzan",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: flīzan, flīzzan"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "vlīzen"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: vlīzen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: vlīzen"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "fleißen"
},
"expansion": "German: fleißen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: fleißen"
}
],
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},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
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"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*flītaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flītaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "cy",
"2": "llwydd",
"t": "prosperity, success"
},
"expansion": "Welsh llwydd (“prosperity, success”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*pleyd-",
"t": "to attempt"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*(s)pleyd-",
"t": "to split"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)pleyd- (“to split”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown; presumably from Proto-Germanic *flītaną, possibly:\n* cognate with Welsh llwydd (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleyd- (“to attempt”),\n* or related to *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pleyd- (“to split”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-verb-st",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "flītan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "flītannjas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "flītannjē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "flītannju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "flītu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flait",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītiʀi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flitī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītidi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flait",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flitum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flītid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītand",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flitī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flitīm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flītēþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitīd",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītēn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitīn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flīt",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flītandī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flitan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "*flītan",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "gmw-infl-verb-st"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flītan",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Undetermined quotations with omitted translation",
"parents": [
"Quotations with omitted translation",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to strive, fight"
],
"id": "en-flītan-gmw-pro-verb-~Hi10Pj3",
"links": [
[
"strive",
"strive"
],
[
"fight",
"fight"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers",
"Elmar Seebold",
"Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
"de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
]
}
],
"word": "flītan"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flītan"
},
"expansion": "Old English: flītan\nMiddle English: flyten, fflytt, flite, fliten, flyte, flytin\nEnglish: flite, flyte\nScots: flite, flyte",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: flītan\nMiddle English: flyten, fflytt, flite, fliten, flyte, flytin\nEnglish: flite, flyte\nScots: flite, flyte"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "flītan"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: flītan\nMiddle Low German: vlîten\nGerman Low German: flieten",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: flītan\nMiddle Low German: vlîten\nGerman Low German: flieten"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "flītan"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: flītan\nMiddle Dutch: vliten",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: flītan\nMiddle Dutch: vliten"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "flīzan",
"3": "flīzzan"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: flīzan, flīzzan",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: flīzan, flīzzan"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "vlīzen"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: vlīzen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: vlīzen"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "fleißen"
},
"expansion": "German: fleißen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: fleißen"
}
],
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"1": "gmw-pro"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*flītaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flītaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "llwydd",
"t": "prosperity, success"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"t": "to attempt"
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"name": "der"
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"4": "*(s)pleyd-",
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown; presumably from Proto-Germanic *flītaną, possibly:\n* cognate with Welsh llwydd (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleyd- (“to attempt”),\n* or related to *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pleyd- (“to split”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-verb-st",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "flītan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "flītannjas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "flītannjē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "flītannju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "flītu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flait",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītiʀi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flitī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītidi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flait",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flitum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flītid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītand",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flitī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flitīm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flītēþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitīd",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flītēn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flitīn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flīt",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flītid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flītandī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flitan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "*flītan",
"name": "head"
}
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{
"args": {},
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}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flītan",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Proto-West Germanic class 1 strong verbs",
"Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies",
"Proto-West Germanic verbs",
"Undetermined quotations with omitted translation",
"Undetermined terms with quotations"
],
"glosses": [
"to strive, fight"
],
"links": [
[
"strive",
"strive"
],
[
"fight",
"fight"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers",
"Elmar Seebold",
"Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
"de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
]
}
],
"word": "flītan"
}
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