See merlā in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*merla"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: *merla",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: *merla"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "merle"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: merle",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Low German: merle"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "Müre",
"3": "Müür"
},
"expansion": "German Low German: Müre, Müür",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German Low German: Müre, Müür"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*merla"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *merla\nMiddle Dutch: merle\nDutch: merel",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *merla\nMiddle Dutch: merle\nDutch: merel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "merla"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: merla",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: merla"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "merle",
"3": "merl"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: merle, merl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: merle, merl"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Merle"
},
"expansion": "German: Merle",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dialectal"
},
"expansion": "(dialectal)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "German: Merle (dialectal)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-cfr",
"2": "Määl",
"3": "Merl"
},
"expansion": "Central Franconian: Määl, Merl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Central Franconian: Määl, Merl"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "Märel"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish: Märel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Luxembourgish: Märel"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*merla"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *merla",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "la",
"3": "merula",
"t": "blackbird, wrasse"
},
"expansion": "Latin merula (“blackbird, wrasse”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*amslā",
"t1": "blackbird"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of *amslā (“blackbird”)",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *merla, from Latin merula (“blackbird, wrasse”). Doublet of *amslā (“blackbird”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-noun-on",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ōn-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "merlā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōnō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "noun",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "*merlā f",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "gmw-infl-noun-on"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/merlā",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"blackbird"
],
"id": "en-merlā-gmw-pro-noun-PoGSz6F9",
"links": [
[
"blackbird",
"blackbird"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*amaʀā"
},
{
"word": "*amslā"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "merlā"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*merla"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: *merla",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: *merla"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "merle"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: merle",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Low German: merle"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "Müre",
"3": "Müür"
},
"expansion": "German Low German: Müre, Müür",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German Low German: Müre, Müür"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*merla"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *merla\nMiddle Dutch: merle\nDutch: merel",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *merla\nMiddle Dutch: merle\nDutch: merel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "merla"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: merla",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: merla"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "merle",
"3": "merl"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: merle, merl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: merle, merl"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Merle"
},
"expansion": "German: Merle",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dialectal"
},
"expansion": "(dialectal)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "German: Merle (dialectal)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-cfr",
"2": "Määl",
"3": "Merl"
},
"expansion": "Central Franconian: Määl, Merl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Central Franconian: Määl, Merl"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "Märel"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish: Märel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Luxembourgish: Märel"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*merla"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *merla",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "la",
"3": "merula",
"t": "blackbird, wrasse"
},
"expansion": "Latin merula (“blackbird, wrasse”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*amslā",
"t1": "blackbird"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of *amslā (“blackbird”)",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *merla, from Latin merula (“blackbird, wrasse”). Doublet of *amslā (“blackbird”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-noun-on",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ōn-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "merlā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōnō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merlōm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merlum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "noun",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "*merlā f",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "gmw-infl-noun-on"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/merlā",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-West Germanic doublets",
"Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-West Germanic nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic terms borrowed from Vulgar Latin",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Latin",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"Proto-West Germanic ōn-stem nouns",
"gmw-pro:Thrushes"
],
"glosses": [
"blackbird"
],
"links": [
[
"blackbird",
"blackbird"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*amaʀā"
},
{
"word": "*amslā"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "merlā"
}
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