"himil" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Noun

Etymology: Uncertain; possibly: * from Proto-Germanic *himinaz with nasal dissimilation, perhaps under the influence of *sōwul ~ *sunnā (“sun”), * from an older heteroclitic l/n-stem alongside Proto-Germanic *himinaz, * cognate with Proto-Germanic *himinaz derived from a separate suffix. Assuming a nasal dissimilation of Proto-Germanic *hemnaz to *hebnaz, doublet with *hebun. Etymology templates: {{unc|gmw-pro}} Uncertain, {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*himinaz}} Proto-Germanic *himinaz, {{m|gmw-pro|*sōwul}} *sōwul, {{m|gmw-pro|*sunnā|t=sun}} *sunnā (“sun”), {{cog|gem-pro|*himinaz}} Proto-Germanic *himinaz, {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*himinaz}} Proto-Germanic *himinaz, {{cog|gem-pro||*hemnaz}} Proto-Germanic *hemnaz, {{m|gem-pro||*hebnaz}} *hebnaz, {{m|gmw-pro|*hebun}} *hebun Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=m}} *himil m Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-a|g=m}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], himil [nominative, singular], himilō [nominative, plural], himilōs [nominative, plural], himil [accusative, singular], himilā [accusative, plural], himilas [genitive, singular], himilō [genitive, plural], himilē [dative, singular], himilum [dative, plural], himilu [instrumental, singular], himilum [instrumental, plural]
  1. sky Tags: masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: *hebun, *luftu
    Sense id: en-himil-gmw-pro-noun-BfUU-ufK Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. heaven Tags: masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: *hebun
    Sense id: en-himil-gmw-pro-noun-gY7-RqbC Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (*himilittjan): ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *himiliti
Disambiguation of '*himilittjan': 0 0

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "*himilittjan",
      "word": "⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *himiliti"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "himul"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: himul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: himul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Heemel"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Heemel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Heemel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "himel"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: himel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: himel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "himil"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: himil\nMiddle Low German: hemmel, hēmel\nGerman Low German:\nOstfriesisch (East Frisian Low Saxon): Hemel, Himmel\nWestphalian:\nDortmundisch: Hiəmel\nLippisch, Ravensbergisch, Westmünsterländisch: Hemmel\nSauerländisch: Hiemel, Heämel (Wenden)\nWestmünsterländisch: Himmel\nPlautdietsch: Himmel\n→ Norwegian: himmel\n→ Old Swedish: himil\nSwedish: himmel\n→ Finnish: himmeli\n→ Old Danish: *himæl\nDanish: himmel\n→ Gutnish: himmel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: himil\nMiddle Low German: hemmel, hēmel\nGerman Low German:\nOstfriesisch (East Frisian Low Saxon): Hemel, Himmel\nWestphalian:\nDortmundisch: Hiəmel\nLippisch, Ravensbergisch, Westmünsterländisch: Hemmel\nSauerländisch: Hiemel, Heämel (Wenden)\nWestmünsterländisch: Himmel\nPlautdietsch: Himmel\n→ Norwegian: himmel\n→ Old Swedish: himil\nSwedish: himmel\n→ Finnish: himmeli\n→ Old Danish: *himæl\nDanish: himmel\n→ Gutnish: himmel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "himil"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: himil\nMiddle Dutch: hēmel\nDutch: hemel\nAfrikaans: hemel\nLimburgish: hieëmel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: himil\nMiddle Dutch: hēmel\nDutch: hemel\nAfrikaans: hemel\nLimburgish: hieëmel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "himil"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: himil\nMiddle High German: himel\nSwabian: Hemmel, Hemml, Himml\nBavarian: Himmi, Himml\nCimbrian: hümmel, hümbl\nCentral Franconian: Himmel, Hemmel\nHunsrik: Himmel\nLuxembourgish: Himmel\nTransylvanian Saxon: Hemmel\nGerman: Himmel\nRhine Franconian: Himmel\nPennsylvania German: Himmel\nYiddish: הימל (himl)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: himil\nMiddle High German: himel\nSwabian: Hemmel, Hemml, Himml\nBavarian: Himmi, Himml\nCimbrian: hümmel, hümbl\nCentral Franconian: Himmel, Hemmel\nHunsrik: Himmel\nLuxembourgish: Himmel\nTransylvanian Saxon: Hemmel\nGerman: Himmel\nRhine Franconian: Himmel\nPennsylvania German: Himmel\nYiddish: הימל (himl)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*himinaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *himinaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*sōwul"
      },
      "expansion": "*sōwul",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*sunnā",
        "t": "sun"
      },
      "expansion": "*sunnā (“sun”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*himinaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *himinaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*himinaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *himinaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*hemnaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hemnaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*hebnaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*hebnaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*hebun"
      },
      "expansion": "*hebun",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain; possibly:\n* from Proto-Germanic *himinaz with nasal dissimilation, perhaps under the influence of *sōwul ~ *sunnā (“sun”),\n* from an older heteroclitic l/n-stem alongside Proto-Germanic *himinaz,\n* cognate with Proto-Germanic *himinaz derived from a separate suffix.\nAssuming a nasal dissimilation of Proto-Germanic *hemnaz to *hebnaz, doublet with *hebun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*himil m",
      "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/himil",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sky"
      ],
      "id": "en-himil-gmw-pro-noun-BfUU-ufK",
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*hebun"
        },
        {
          "word": "*luftu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heaven"
      ],
      "id": "en-himil-gmw-pro-noun-gY7-RqbC",
      "links": [
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*hebun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "himil"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "*himilittjan",
      "word": "⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *himiliti"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "himul"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: himul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: himul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Heemel"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Heemel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Heemel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "himel"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: himel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: himel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "himil"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: himil\nMiddle Low German: hemmel, hēmel\nGerman Low German:\nOstfriesisch (East Frisian Low Saxon): Hemel, Himmel\nWestphalian:\nDortmundisch: Hiəmel\nLippisch, Ravensbergisch, Westmünsterländisch: Hemmel\nSauerländisch: Hiemel, Heämel (Wenden)\nWestmünsterländisch: Himmel\nPlautdietsch: Himmel\n→ Norwegian: himmel\n→ Old Swedish: himil\nSwedish: himmel\n→ Finnish: himmeli\n→ Old Danish: *himæl\nDanish: himmel\n→ Gutnish: himmel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: himil\nMiddle Low German: hemmel, hēmel\nGerman Low German:\nOstfriesisch (East Frisian Low Saxon): Hemel, Himmel\nWestphalian:\nDortmundisch: Hiəmel\nLippisch, Ravensbergisch, Westmünsterländisch: Hemmel\nSauerländisch: Hiemel, Heämel (Wenden)\nWestmünsterländisch: Himmel\nPlautdietsch: Himmel\n→ Norwegian: himmel\n→ Old Swedish: himil\nSwedish: himmel\n→ Finnish: himmeli\n→ Old Danish: *himæl\nDanish: himmel\n→ Gutnish: himmel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "himil"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: himil\nMiddle Dutch: hēmel\nDutch: hemel\nAfrikaans: hemel\nLimburgish: hieëmel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: himil\nMiddle Dutch: hēmel\nDutch: hemel\nAfrikaans: hemel\nLimburgish: hieëmel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "himil"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: himil\nMiddle High German: himel\nSwabian: Hemmel, Hemml, Himml\nBavarian: Himmi, Himml\nCimbrian: hümmel, hümbl\nCentral Franconian: Himmel, Hemmel\nHunsrik: Himmel\nLuxembourgish: Himmel\nTransylvanian Saxon: Hemmel\nGerman: Himmel\nRhine Franconian: Himmel\nPennsylvania German: Himmel\nYiddish: הימל (himl)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: himil\nMiddle High German: himel\nSwabian: Hemmel, Hemml, Himml\nBavarian: Himmi, Himml\nCimbrian: hümmel, hümbl\nCentral Franconian: Himmel, Hemmel\nHunsrik: Himmel\nLuxembourgish: Himmel\nTransylvanian Saxon: Hemmel\nGerman: Himmel\nRhine Franconian: Himmel\nPennsylvania German: Himmel\nYiddish: הימל (himl)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*himinaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *himinaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*sōwul"
      },
      "expansion": "*sōwul",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*sunnā",
        "t": "sun"
      },
      "expansion": "*sunnā (“sun”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*himinaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *himinaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*himinaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *himinaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*hemnaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hemnaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*hebnaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*hebnaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*hebun"
      },
      "expansion": "*hebun",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain; possibly:\n* from Proto-Germanic *himinaz with nasal dissimilation, perhaps under the influence of *sōwul ~ *sunnā (“sun”),\n* from an older heteroclitic l/n-stem alongside Proto-Germanic *himinaz,\n* cognate with Proto-Germanic *himinaz derived from a separate suffix.\nAssuming a nasal dissimilation of Proto-Germanic *hemnaz to *hebnaz, doublet with *hebun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "himilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*himil m",
      "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/himil",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Atmosphere"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*hebun"
        },
        {
          "word": "*luftu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Afterlife"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heaven"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*hebun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "himil"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.