"limu" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See limu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *limuz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*limuz}} Proto-Germanic *limuz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=m}} *limu m Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-u}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], limu [nominative, singular], limiwi [nominative, plural], limō [nominative, plural], limu [accusative, singular], limū [accusative, plural], limō [genitive, singular], limiwō [genitive, plural], limiwi [dative, singular], limō [dative, singular], limum [dative, plural], limu [instrumental, singular], limum [instrumental, plural]
  1. limb, member (of the body) Tags: masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: *liþu
    Sense id: en-limu-gmw-pro-noun-Sxj0R4sa Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. branch, twig (of a tree) Tags: masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: *ast, *telgu, *tōgō, *twīg
    Sense id: en-limu-gmw-pro-noun-Jg7gMTu8
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "lim",
            "3": "lym",
            "g2": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: lim, lym n",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: lim, lym n"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "lyme",
            "3": "lim",
            "id": "limb",
            "id2": "limb"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: lyme, lim",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: lyme, lim"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "lim",
            "3": "lym"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: lim, lym",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: lim, lym"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "limb"
          },
          "expansion": "English: limb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: limb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*limu",
            "3": "*lim"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *limu, *lim",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *limu, *lim"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "lem",
            "g": "n",
            "t": "limb"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: lem n (“limb”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly borrowed from Scandinavian"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly borrowed from Scandinavian)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: lem n (“limb”) (possibly borrowed from Scandinavian)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*limu"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *limu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *limu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "lēme",
            "t": "fishbone, stubble of flax"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: lēme (“fishbone, stubble of flax”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: lēme (“fishbone, stubble of flax”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "leem",
            "t": "pine needle"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: leem (“pine needle”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: leem (“pine needle”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "druhtlimig",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Dutch: druhtlimig",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Dutch: druhtlimig"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*limuz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *limuz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *limuz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-u",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limiwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limiwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limiwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*limu m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-u"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/limu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "limb, member (of the body)"
      ],
      "id": "en-limu-gmw-pro-noun-Sxj0R4sa",
      "links": [
        [
          "limb",
          "limb"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*liþu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "branch, twig (of a tree)"
      ],
      "id": "en-limu-gmw-pro-noun-Jg7gMTu8",
      "links": [
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "twig",
          "twig"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*ast"
        },
        {
          "word": "*telgu"
        },
        {
          "word": "*tōgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "*twīg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "limu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic u-stem nouns"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "lim",
            "3": "lym",
            "g2": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: lim, lym n",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: lim, lym n"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "lyme",
            "3": "lim",
            "id": "limb",
            "id2": "limb"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: lyme, lim",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: lyme, lim"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "lim",
            "3": "lym"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: lim, lym",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: lim, lym"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "limb"
          },
          "expansion": "English: limb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: limb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*limu",
            "3": "*lim"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *limu, *lim",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *limu, *lim"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "lem",
            "g": "n",
            "t": "limb"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: lem n (“limb”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly borrowed from Scandinavian"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly borrowed from Scandinavian)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: lem n (“limb”) (possibly borrowed from Scandinavian)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*limu"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *limu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *limu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "lēme",
            "t": "fishbone, stubble of flax"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: lēme (“fishbone, stubble of flax”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: lēme (“fishbone, stubble of flax”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "leem",
            "t": "pine needle"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: leem (“pine needle”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: leem (“pine needle”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "druhtlimig",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Dutch: druhtlimig",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Dutch: druhtlimig"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*limuz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *limuz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *limuz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-u",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limiwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limiwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limiwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*limu m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-u"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/limu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Limbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "limb, member (of the body)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "limb",
          "limb"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*liþu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Trees"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "branch, twig (of a tree)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "twig",
          "twig"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*ast"
        },
        {
          "word": "*telgu"
        },
        {
          "word": "*tōgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "*twīg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "limu"
}

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