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inburgeren edit

But then what is burgeren? —Rua (mew) 20:32, 8 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

It does not exist. Do you have any suggestions how the verb should be described? It's not a confix of in-+burger+-en. Because 'in' is not a prefix in this case.--DerRudymeister (talk) 20:42, 8 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

in +‎ burger +‎ -en? —Rua (mew) 13:05, 9 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

neder- edit

I think your recent edits to Nederturk, nederpop, nederjazz and nederwiet are incorrect, this isn't the directional neder but a prefix neder- with the meaning "Dutch (adj.)". This meaning doesn't occur for the stand-alone term, compare kunst- (artificial) and kanker-. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 09:27, 11 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Yes you're right about that. I will undo those edits. Thanks! --DerRudymeister (talk) 14:14, 11 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

compound vs. affix templates edit

Thanks for your recent updates of etymologies with suffixes. But here's a reminder that {{compound}} does not interpret affixes like -en correctly, you will need {{af}} or {{affix}} for that. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 10:47, 25 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the message. It seems I forgot about that, good that you point this out. I will try to edit the entries that contain the mistake, but if you encounter more feel free to edit those. --DerRudymeister (talk) 11:04, 25 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

-ierf, -ierp edit

The i is short in these combinations, so they were already listed at Rhymes:Dutch/i-. You may want to merge your additions into there. —Rua (mew) 12:30, 14 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the message, I undid the edits for those entries and put them in the right rhyming categories. That means we're still left with four empty rhyming pages, should these be marked for a merger or deletion? Or can you simply remove them with some moderator magic? --DerRudymeister (talk) 13:10, 14 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
I've deleted the pages now. —Rua (mew) 13:51, 14 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for adding sources! edit

DerRudymeister, thanks so much for going around adding sources to existing Proto-Germanic entries. I really appreciate that. Godspeed! --{{victar|talk}} 17:10, 1 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi Victar, good to hear that it's appreciated! Most of the PGM reconstructions on the wiki can be found the etymogical dictionaries by Kroonen and Orel. I think it's worth the effort to add these references. I'm mostly focusing on verbs for the time being.--DerRudymeister (talk) 14:59, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thanks again. FYI, in {{R:gem:EDPG}}, |1= = |head=, |2= = |page=, and |3= or |passage=, so you can just do {{R:gem:EDPG|*hurjan-|259|*harmjan-}}. --{{victar|talk}} 16:31, 5 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

*-jan edit

Hey DerRudymeister, can you please add |id= to {{af|gmw-pro|*-jan}}? So either {{af|gmw-pro|*-jan|id=denominative}} or {{af|gmw-pro|*-jan|id=factitive}}. Thanks. --{{victar|talk}} 00:41, 13 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Moving parameters edit

DerRudymeister, I noticed you moving around parameters in derivational templates, i.e. {{af|term1|t1=gloss1|term2|t2=gloss2}} to {{af|term1|term2|t1=gloss1|t2=gloss2}}. Any reason for that? -- Sokkjō 16:36, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Sokkjo, thanks for the message. I've added subcategories for -janą and -āną and I was adding those to the entries. I noticed that the order of the parameters is inconsistent on quite a few entries. Either we do it {{af|term1|t1=gloss1|term2|t2=gloss2}} or do it {{af|term1|term2|t1=gloss1|t2=gloss2}}. I don't have a preference, but it should be done in a consistent manner for all entries. Please let me know what you think. DerRudymeister (talk) 16:56, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the reply. If you have a look at T:affix/documentation, {{af|term1|p1=para1|term2|p2=para2}} is the exampled method, as well as my preference. -- Sokkjō 17:26, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply