See wīhs in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "*wīx",
"g": "n",
"id": "village"
},
"expansion": "Old English: *wīx n",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: *wīx n"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "wīx",
"g": "n",
"id": "village"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: wīx n",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: wīx n"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "*wīx",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: *wīx f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: *wīx f"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*wīhs",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: *wīhs f",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: *wīhs f"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*wīhs",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *wīhs n",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *wīhs n"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "*wīhs",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: *wīhs m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: *wīhs m"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wīhsą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wīhsą",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wīhsą, from *wéyḱ-os, from *weyḱ-.",
"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": "Neuter a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "noun",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "*wīhs n",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n"
},
"name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīhs",
"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": [
"dwelling, village, settlement, colony, burgh"
],
"id": "en-wīhs-gmw-pro-noun-qEdp2VHf",
"links": [
[
"dwelling",
"dwelling"
],
[
"village",
"village"
],
[
"settlement",
"settlement"
],
[
"colony",
"colony"
],
[
"burgh",
"burgh"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*burg"
},
{
"word": "*wīk"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "wīhs"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "*wīx",
"g": "n",
"id": "village"
},
"expansion": "Old English: *wīx n",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: *wīx n"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "wīx",
"g": "n",
"id": "village"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: wīx n",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: wīx n"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "*wīx",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: *wīx f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: *wīx f"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*wīhs",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: *wīhs f",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: *wīhs f"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*wīhs",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *wīhs n",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *wīhs n"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "*wīhs",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: *wīhs m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: *wīhs m"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wīhsą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wīhsą",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wīhsą, from *wéyḱ-os, from *weyḱ-.",
"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": "Neuter a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīhsum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "noun",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "*wīhs n",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n"
},
"name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīhs",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-West Germanic neuter a-stem nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic nouns",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
],
"glosses": [
"dwelling, village, settlement, colony, burgh"
],
"links": [
[
"dwelling",
"dwelling"
],
[
"village",
"village"
],
[
"settlement",
"settlement"
],
[
"colony",
"colony"
],
[
"burgh",
"burgh"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*burg"
},
{
"word": "*wīk"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "wīhs"
}
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