Wiktionary:About Proto-Indo-European
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Guidelines for Proto-Indo-European etymological entries. Note that since Proto-Indo-European does not meet CFI, all information about it is in the Appendix namespace. See Wiktionary:Votes/pl-2006-12/Proto- languages in Appendicies.
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[edit] Transliteration
standard representation of PIE phonemes:
- p, t, k̑ (or ḱ), k, kʷ,
- b d g̑ (or ǵ) g gʷ,
- bʰ, dʰ, g̑ʰ (or ǵʰ), gʰ, gʷʰ,
- s, h₁, h₂, h₃,
- m, n, u̯ (or w), r, l, i̯ (or y),
- a, e, o,
- ā, ē, ō
- i, u, r̥, l̥, m̥, n̥
- ī, ū, r̥̄, l̥̄, m̥̄, n̥̄
[edit] Citation form and alphabetization
- Alphabetize phonemes as follows (piped entries in category links):
- ʰ = h
- ʷ = w
- h₁, h₂, h₃, = h1, h2, h3; hx = h
- ǵ, ḱ = g', k'
- w = u, y = i; r̥, l̥, m̥, n̥ = r, l, m, n (ignore syllabicity)
- ā, ī, ē, ō, ū = a, e, i, o, u (ignore vowel length)
- Use the {{proto}} template for references in Etymologies. If there is an entry created for the PIE term it will be linked, otherwise the term is left as plain text.
- Example: {{proto|Indo-European|bhrug-|to make use of, to have enjoyment of}}
- Produces: Proto-Indo-European *bhrug- (“‘to make use of, to have enjoyment of’”)
- For stripped down entries use, [[Appendix:Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-|{{PIE|*steh₂-}}]] which produces *steh₂-. Note the {{PIE}} which makes sure odd characters get shown correctly.
- Use "Early PIE" (laryngealist) forms by default (Proto-Indo-European *steh₂, not *stah₂- or *stā-; Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱwo-, not *eḱwo-). Doubtful laryngeal qualities can be expressed as simple ‘h’. Don't use brackets (h₁)eḱwo- in entry names, uncertainties of reconstructions should be discussed in prose in entry bodies, not encoded in entry names.
- Cite roots with a hyphen: Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-
- Cite nominal stems with a hyphen, not the nominative, *peḱu-, not *peḱus, express no further morphology, *peḱu-, not *peḱ-u-.
[edit] Templates
Use {{PIE entry}} to alert readers to the reconstructed nature of the entry and the meaning of the asterisk. Use generic {{reconstructed}} for entries that are non-IE or post-PIE.
