Talk:водо-


 * I want to re-create this page for the водо- prefix in Bulgarian, which works analogously to and is listed in our dictionaries. I was unable to find the RFD thread in your deletion edit from 2019, but that notwithstanding, I wanted to check if you were still opposed to creating the entry.

Thanks,

Chernorizets (talk) 03:35, 17 October 2023 (UTC)


 * OK I found it at Category talk:Russian prefixes. I don't see a danger of Bulgarian водо- becoming a monstrously long list over time, certainly no worse than hydro-. As for the concern that derived words would be categorized as "prefixed with" vs "compound terms", I'm not sure I see how that's different from hydro- or vodo-. Chernorizets (talk) 04:09, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * (e/c) It took me awhile to find this discussion in the history of WT:RFDO and I have no idea where it is now. See My argument at the time was that these forms ending in -о- (see link) aren't really prefixes but instead are the first part of compounds, since the use of -о- is productive in Russian and other Slavic languages. It does seem like I was in a hurry to delete them. If you want to add this back, I think it's OK but I still think we need to think about why водо- is a prefix if Ukrainian машино- (e.g. in машинобудування) or Bulgarian кръсто- (e.g. in кръсточовка) isn't. Benwing2 (talk) 04:13, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * @Chernorizets So in fact if you look in Category:English prefixes you can see what happens when people take to extremes the analysis that all prefix-like terms in -o are prefixes; we have things like antiprismo- (and dimethylimidazol-, etc.). In English it's a bit trickier because these terms are often formed from Latin and Greek roots but in principle any Latin or Greek word can be made into a prefix. Benwing2 (talk) 04:17, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * @Benwing2 I'm limiting my analysis specifically to водо- for the scope of this discussion; just as, it's a combining form, and I assume that the Greek one also has the interfix as a structural formant. I don't believe that this implies an approval for making everything ending in an interfix a proper prefix in Bulgarian - I'd limit myself to those that are listed in dictionaries. For reference:
 * Chernorizets (talk) 04:27, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * @Chernorizets Go ahead if you want but I'm not sure that arguing we should include something because other dictionaries do so is a good argument (see WT:LEMMING). Benwing2 (talk) 06:31, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * @Chernorizets Go ahead if you want but I'm not sure that arguing we should include something because other dictionaries do so is a good argument (see WT:LEMMING). Benwing2 (talk) 06:31, 17 October 2023 (UTC)