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sentier

Are you sure these terms were borrowed from Old French? The Portuguese and Spanish at least were inherited directly from Latin. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 23:10, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

I only added the entries for Catalan. I had nothing to do with creating the rest of the list.Linguoboy (talk) 19:15, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

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isaf

Thanks for creating an entry for uchaf - please could I suggest that you create a similar one for isaf? --Dani di Neudo (talk) 21:25, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

P.S. isel#Welsh exists already and also is#Welsh.

Language codes

When you copy an etymology template from one language to another, make sure you change the language code(s). These templates aren't just for the text you read, they're also for putting entries in the correct etymology categories. At anticòs you copied {{calque|en|de|Antikörper|nocap=1}} from the English entry, but left "en" for English instead of "ca" for Catalan. That put the page in Category:English terms calqued from German instead of Category:Catalan terms calqued from German, and Category:English terms derived from German instead of Category:Catalan terms derived from German. A picky little detail, but in a dictionary picky little details matter. Chuck Entz (talk) 06:13, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for catching this. Linguoboy (talk) 16:35, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

{{desc}} parameters

Please place {{desc}} parameter at the end of the template. The first parameter should always be the language code, and the second the term. --{{victar|talk}} 05:56, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Also {{topN}} should only be used in long lists of descendants. --{{victar|talk}} 05:58, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

How long is "long"? Linguoboy (talk) 18:58, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

If you have to ask, not long enough. Also try and pay attention to what other people do in that language family. --{{victar|talk}} 05:09, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

That's not a useful answer. I do pay attention and I've seen a huge range of variation in their use which is why I asked for specific guidelines. Linguoboy (talk) 20:10, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Then simply don't use it. --{{victar|talk}} 14:36, 4 May 2021 (UTC)