"flint" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See flint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Presumably from Proto-Germanic *flintaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to cleave, split off, splice”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro||*flintaz}} Proto-Germanic *flintaz, {{der|gmw-pro|ine-pro|*(s)pley-|t=to cleave, split off, splice}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to cleave, split off, splice”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=n}} *flint n Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-a|g=m}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flint [nominative, singular], flintō [nominative, plural], flintōs [nominative, plural], flint [accusative, singular], flintā [accusative, plural], flintas [genitive, singular], flintō [genitive, plural], flintē [dative, singular], flintum [dative, plural], flintu [instrumental, singular], flintum [instrumental, plural]
  1. peddle Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-flint-gmw-pro-noun-l0LlsjFg Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. flint Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-flint-gmw-pro-noun-Bsyj2qan
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flintastain

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flintastain"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "flint"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "flynt"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: flynt, flent, flint, flinte, flynte, vlint\nEnglish: flint\nScots: flint\n→ Welsh: fflint",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: flynt, flent, flint, flinte, flynte, vlint\nEnglish: flint\nScots: flint\n→ Welsh: fflint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "*flint"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: *flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: *flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "flint",
            "3": "flinte"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: flint, flinte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: flint, flinte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*flint"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "vlint"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: vlint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: vlint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "flint",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "flünt",
            "3": "flint",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: flünt, flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: flünt, flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Flint"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "flint",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "flinta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: flinta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: flinta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Flinte",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Flinte\n→ Czech: flinta\n→ Hungarian: flinta\n→ Romanian: flintă\n→ Plautdietsch: Flint\n→ Polish: flinta",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Flinte\n→ Czech: flinta\n→ Hungarian: flinta\n→ Romanian: flintă\n→ Plautdietsch: Flint\n→ Polish: flinta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*flint"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "vlint"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: vlint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: vlint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "flint"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "flins"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: flins",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: flins"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "vlins",
            "3": "flins"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: vlins, flins",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: vlins, flins"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "vlins",
            "3": "flins",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Low German: vlins, flins",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Low German: vlins, flins"
    }
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to cleave, split off, splice”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Masculine a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
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      "form": "flint",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "flintōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flint",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "*flint n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flint",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "peddle"
      ],
      "id": "en-flint-gmw-pro-noun-l0LlsjFg",
      "links": [
        [
          "peddle",
          "peddle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "flint"
      ],
      "id": "en-flint-gmw-pro-noun-Bsyj2qan",
      "links": [
        [
          "flint",
          "flint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flint"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "flintastain"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "flynt"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: flynt, flent, flint, flinte, flynte, vlint\nEnglish: flint\nScots: flint\n→ Welsh: fflint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "*flint"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: *flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: *flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "flint",
            "3": "flinte"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: flint, flinte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: flint, flinte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*flint"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "vlint"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: vlint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: vlint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "flint",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "flünt",
            "3": "flint",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: flünt, flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: flünt, flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Flint"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "flint",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: flint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "flinta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: flinta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: flinta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Flinte",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Flinte\n→ Czech: flinta\n→ Hungarian: flinta\n→ Romanian: flintă\n→ Plautdietsch: Flint\n→ Polish: flinta",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Flinte\n→ Czech: flinta\n→ Hungarian: flinta\n→ Romanian: flintă\n→ Plautdietsch: Flint\n→ Polish: flinta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "vlint"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: vlint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "flint"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: flint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: flint"
    },
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        {
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            "2": "flins"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: flins",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: flins"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
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            "3": "flins"
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          "expansion": "Middle High German: vlins, flins",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: vlins, flins"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
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            "3": "flins",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Low German: vlins, flins",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Low German: vlins, flins"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
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      "form": "a-stem",
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      "form": "flint",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "flintō",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
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    {
      "form": "flintōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flint",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "flintā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flintum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
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      },
      "expansion": "*flint n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flint",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Rocks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "peddle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peddle",
          "peddle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Tools"
      ],
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        "flint"
      ],
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        [
          "flint",
          "flint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flint"
}

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