Template:Proto/doc

Description

The purpose of this template is to correctly show a proto-language and its reconstructed proto-form in articles on linguistics. The template has three parameters, the third being optional.

{{proto|language|word or wordroot|meaning}}

e.g.

• The English word fish came from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.
• Proto-Slavic *vodā 'water' has many congantes in other IE languages.

List of language codes

The name of a language can be written in full or in brief.

Language	Code
Proto-Balto-Slavic	baltic, balt
Proto-Celtic	celtic, celt
Proto-Germanic	germanic, gem, germ, german
Proto-Indo-European	ie, ieur, indoeuro
Proto-Iranian	iranian, iran
Proto-Semitic	semitic, sem
Proto-Slavic	slavic, sla, slav
Proto-Turkic	turkic, turk
Proto-Uralic	uralic, ural

More examples

Code	Result
{{proto|ie|mā-t-er-|mother}}	Proto-Indo-European *mā-t-er- 'mother'
{{proto|ie|mā-t-er-}}	Proto-Indo-European *mā-t-er-
{{proto|balt|mā̂tē̃|mother}}	Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā̂tē̃ 'mother'
{{proto|baltic|mā̂tē̃|mother}}	Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā̂tē̃ 'mother'
{{proto|celt|māter-|mother}}	Proto-Celtic *māter- 'mother'
{{proto|celtic|māter-|mother}}	Proto-Celtic *māter- 'mother'
{{proto|germ|mōdḗr|mother}}	Proto-Germanic *mōdḗr 'mother'
{{proto|germanic|mōdḗr|mother}}	Proto-Germanic *mōdḗr 'mother'
{{proto|sla|mā́tī|mother}}	Proto-Slavic *mā́tī 'mother'
{{proto|slavic|mā́tī|mother}}	Proto-Slavic *mā́tī 'mother'
{{proto|turk|eme|mother}}	Proto-Turkic *eme 'mother'
{{proto|turkic|eme|mother}}	Proto-Turkic *eme 'mother'
{{proto|ural|emä|mother}}	Proto-Uralic *emä 'mother'
{{proto|uralic|emä|mother}}	Proto-Uralic *emä 'mother'

Useful links

• Free etymological databases for IE, Altaic, Uralic and many more languages
  • mother

See also

• {{lang}}
• {{etymology}}