"waliþu" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See waliþu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From *walō (“wealth; well-being”) + *-iþu. Etymology templates: {{af|gmw-pro|*walō|*-iþu|t1=wealth; well-being}} *walō (“wealth; well-being”) + *-iþu Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=f}} *waliþu f Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-o}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], waliþu [nominative, singular], waliþō [nominative, plural], waliþā [accusative, singular], waliþā [accusative, plural], waliþā [genitive, singular], waliþō [genitive, plural], waliþē [dative, singular], waliþōm [dative, plural], waliþum [dative, plural], waliþu [instrumental, singular], waliþōm [instrumental, plural], waliþum [instrumental, plural]
  1. the condition of being well, well-being, happiness Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-waliþu-gmw-pro-noun-zFt8hOUm Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-iþu Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-iþu: 89 11
  2. wealth, prosperity Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-waliþu-gmw-pro-noun-6zIu3yUW
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "*welþu",
            "3": "*welþ"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: *welþu, *welþ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: *welþu, *welþ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "welthe"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: welthe, weelþe, wellthe, welt, welth, welþ, welþe, weolþe, wilthe, welðe, welðhe (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: wealth\nScots: walth",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: welthe, weelþe, wellthe, welt, welth, welþ, welþe, weolþe, wilthe, welðe, welðhe (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: wealth\nScots: walth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*welitha",
            "3": "*welida"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *welitha, *welida",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *welitha, *welida"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "welede",
            "3": "welde"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: welede, welde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: welede, welde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "Weelde"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: Weelde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: Weelde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*welitha",
            "3": "*welida"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *welitha, *welida",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *welitha, *welida"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
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            "3": "weelde"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: welde, weelde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: welde, weelde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "weelde"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: weelde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: weelde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: welitha, welida"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
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            "3": "welde",
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          },
          "expansion": ">? Middle High German: welede, welde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Middle High German: welede, welde"
    }
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *walō (“wealth; well-being”) + *-iþu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-o",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ō-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþōm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþōm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*waliþu f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-o"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waliþu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-iþu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the condition of being well, well-being, happiness"
      ],
      "id": "en-waliþu-gmw-pro-noun-zFt8hOUm",
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "well-being",
          "well-being"
        ],
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "wealth, prosperity"
      ],
      "id": "en-waliþu-gmw-pro-noun-6zIu3yUW",
      "links": [
        [
          "wealth",
          "wealth"
        ],
        [
          "prosperity",
          "prosperity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "waliþu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "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 suffixed with *-iþu",
    "Proto-West Germanic ō-stem nouns"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "*welþu",
            "3": "*welþ"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: *welþu, *welþ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: *welþu, *welþ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "welthe"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: welthe, weelþe, wellthe, welt, welth, welþ, welþe, weolþe, wilthe, welðe, welðhe (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: wealth\nScots: walth",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: welthe, weelþe, wellthe, welt, welth, welþ, welþe, weolþe, wilthe, welðe, welðhe (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: wealth\nScots: walth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*welitha",
            "3": "*welida"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *welitha, *welida",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *welitha, *welida"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "welede",
            "3": "welde"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: welede, welde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: welede, welde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "Weelde"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: Weelde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: Weelde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*welitha",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *welitha, *welida",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *welitha, *welida"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "welde",
            "3": "weelde"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: welde, weelde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: welde, weelde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "weelde"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: weelde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: weelde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "welitha",
            "3": "welida"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: welitha, welida",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: welitha, welida"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "welede",
            "3": "welde",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Middle High German: welede, welde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Middle High German: welede, welde"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "*walō (“wealth; well-being”) + *-iþu",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *walō (“wealth; well-being”) + *-iþu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-o",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ō-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþōm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþōm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waliþum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waliþu",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Happiness"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the condition of being well, well-being, happiness"
      ],
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        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "well-being",
          "well-being"
        ],
        [
          "happiness",
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        ]
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
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        "wealth, prosperity"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "waliþu"
}

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