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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "clǣne",
"3": "clēne",
"4": "clāne",
"noalts": "1",
"t3": "clean, pure"
},
"expansion": "Old English: clǣne, clēne, clāne (“clean, pure”)\nMiddle English: clene\nEnglish: clean\nScots: clene, clein",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: clǣne, clēne, clāne (“clean, pure”)\nMiddle English: clene\nEnglish: clean\nScots: clene, clein"
},
{
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{
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"1": "ofs",
"2": "klēne",
"t": "small"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: klēne (“small”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: klēne (“small”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "klien"
},
"expansion": "North Frisian: klien",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "North Frisian: klien"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "kleen"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian: kleen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saterland Frisian: kleen"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "klien"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: klien",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "West Frisian: klien"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "klēni",
"t": "delicate, fine"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: klēni (“delicate, fine”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: klēni (“delicate, fine”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
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"1": "gml",
"2": "kleine"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: kleine, klêne, kleyne, kleyn, klyne, klên, klyn\nLow German: kleen\n→ Old Norse: klénn\nIcelandic: klénn\nFaroese: klænur\nNorwegian: klen, klein\nOld Swedish: klēn\nSwedish: klen\nDanish: klejn",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle Low German: kleine, klêne, kleyne, kleyn, klyne, klên, klyn\nLow German: kleen\n→ Old Norse: klénn\nIcelandic: klénn\nFaroese: klænur\nNorwegian: klen, klein\nOld Swedish: klēn\nSwedish: klen\nDanish: klejn"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "cleini",
"t": "small, fine"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: cleini (“small, fine”)\nMiddle Dutch: cleine, clêne\nDutch: klein\nAfrikaans: klein\nJersey Dutch: klāin\nNegerhollands: kleen, klen\nSkepi Creole Dutch: klenk\nLimburgish: klein",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: cleini (“small, fine”)\nMiddle Dutch: cleine, clêne\nDutch: klein\nAfrikaans: klein\nJersey Dutch: klāin\nNegerhollands: kleen, klen\nSkepi Creole Dutch: klenk\nLimburgish: klein"
},
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"1": "goh",
"2": "kleini",
"id": "adjective",
"t": "fine, small; clean"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: kleini (“fine, small; clean”)\nMiddle High German: klein, kleine\nAlemannic German: chlii, chly, chlei, klei, chli\nSwabian: gloi\nVorarlbergerisch: klän, klen, kli, klin\nBavarian: klaa, kloa\nApeltonerisch: klua\nCimbrian: khlòan, khlumma\nMòcheno: khloa'n\nCentral Franconian: kleen\nHunsrik: kleen\nKölsch: klein\nGerman: klein\nLuxembourgish: kleng\nRhine Franconian:\nHessian: klaan\nPennsylvania German: glee\nYiddish: קליין (kleyn)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: kleini (“fine, small; clean”)\nMiddle High German: klein, kleine\nAlemannic German: chlii, chly, chlei, klei, chli\nSwabian: gloi\nVorarlbergerisch: klän, klen, kli, klin\nBavarian: klaa, kloa\nApeltonerisch: klua\nCimbrian: khlòan, khlumma\nMòcheno: khloa'n\nCentral Franconian: kleen\nHunsrik: kleen\nKölsch: klein\nGerman: klein\nLuxembourgish: kleng\nRhine Franconian:\nHessian: klaan\nPennsylvania German: glee\nYiddish: קליין (kleyn)"
}
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},
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"name": "unk"
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},
"expansion": "“shining”",
"name": "m-g"
},
{
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"1": "finely smeared, plastered"
},
"expansion": "“finely smeared, plastered”",
"name": "m-g"
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{
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"2": "qfa-sub"
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"name": "bor"
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},
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"name": "m-g"
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},
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"etymology_text": "Unknown; usually suggested to be related to *klenan (“to stick; to smear”) and *klaij (“clay”), through an intermediate meaning of either “shining” or “finely smeared, plastered”, however this is disputed. Alternatively proposed to be a substrate borrowing, perhaps merged from two separate terms meaning “clean” and “small”, respectively.",
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"source": "inflection",
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{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
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"singular"
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
"singular"
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "klainijā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijumē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijumē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainiju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainiju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainiju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainiju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
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"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "adjective"
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"expansion": "*klainī",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "gmw-infl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klainī",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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{
"_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"
}
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"fine, small"
],
"id": "en-klainī-gmw-pro-adj-qm3q032R",
"links": [
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[
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"small"
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"tags": [
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{
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"clean"
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
"de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
],
"word": "klainī"
}
{
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"Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-West Germanic ja-stem adjectives",
"Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-West Germanic terms borrowed from substrate languages",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from substrate languages",
"Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies"
],
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{
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"templates": [
{
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"1": "ang",
"2": "clǣne",
"3": "clēne",
"4": "clāne",
"noalts": "1",
"t3": "clean, pure"
},
"expansion": "Old English: clǣne, clēne, clāne (“clean, pure”)\nMiddle English: clene\nEnglish: clean\nScots: clene, clein",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: clǣne, clēne, clāne (“clean, pure”)\nMiddle English: clene\nEnglish: clean\nScots: clene, clein"
},
{
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{
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"1": "ofs",
"2": "klēne",
"t": "small"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: klēne (“small”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: klēne (“small”)"
},
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{
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"1": "frr",
"2": "klien"
},
"expansion": "North Frisian: klien",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "North Frisian: klien"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "kleen"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian: kleen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saterland Frisian: kleen"
},
{
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"1": "fy",
"2": "klien"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: klien",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
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"1": "osx",
"2": "klēni",
"t": "delicate, fine"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: klēni (“delicate, fine”)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Old Saxon: klēni (“delicate, fine”)"
},
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"1": "gml",
"2": "kleine"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: kleine, klêne, kleyne, kleyn, klyne, klên, klyn\nLow German: kleen\n→ Old Norse: klénn\nIcelandic: klénn\nFaroese: klænur\nNorwegian: klen, klein\nOld Swedish: klēn\nSwedish: klen\nDanish: klejn",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
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},
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"t": "small, fine"
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"text": "Old Dutch: cleini (“small, fine”)\nMiddle Dutch: cleine, clêne\nDutch: klein\nAfrikaans: klein\nJersey Dutch: klāin\nNegerhollands: kleen, klen\nSkepi Creole Dutch: klenk\nLimburgish: klein"
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"name": "desctree"
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}
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"name": "m-g"
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"singular"
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"source": "inflection",
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{
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"accusative",
"masculine",
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]
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "klainī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijumē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijumē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainiju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainiju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainiju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainiju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijeʀō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "klainijum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "*klainī",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "gmw-infl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klainī",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"fine, small"
],
"links": [
[
"fine",
"fine"
],
[
"small",
"small"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"clean"
],
"links": [
[
"clean",
"clean"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers",
"Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
"de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
],
"word": "klainī"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Proto-West Germanic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-06 using wiktextract (6c02f21 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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