Thread:User talk:CodeCat/German words from Low German/reply (8)

Yes, if a word was borrowed before 1600, it was borrowed from 🇨🇬, and if it was borrowed after that, it was borrowed from 🇨🇬. Compare how derives from 🇨🇬 while  derives from 🇨🇬, and how  derives from 🇨🇬 while  derives from 🇨🇬.

We could add s to the tops of Category:German terms derived from Middle Low German, Category:German terms derived from German Low German, Category:German terms derived from Dutch Low Saxon and potentially Category:German terms derived from Plautdietsch, linking them all to each other, and then do likewise for "Dutch terms derived from..." and all the other categories. Assuming we wouldn't have to modify the s once they were placed, that wouldn't be the maintenance nightmare it might seem to be at first glance. (In any case, it'd be less of a maintenance nightmare than trying to conflate MLG and GLG, in my estimation.)