Category talk:Proto-Slavic derivations


 * Category:Slavonic derivations contains words borrowed from Slavic (Slavonic) languages, whereas Category:Proto-Slavic derivations contains Slavic words that descend from the reconstructed Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) proto-etymons. Often the etymologies continue the borrowing boundary, and people link the proto-forms, so you get e.g. English words that "derive" from Proto-Slavic which is wrong IMHO, as this category should just be reserved for words with Common Slavic lexical stock. Therefore, no mergeing is really necessary, as the categories are intended for two different purposes. --Ivan Štambuk 13:08, 6 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. —Michael Z. 2008-12-17 19:24 z