Wiktionary:About Kashubian

is a West-Slavic language spoken in the northern region of in Poland. This page depicts the current practices regarding Kashubian entries in Wiktionary.

Headword
Some Kashubian parts of speech have their own designated headword-line templates, which should precede the definition: Other parts of speech should use a simple head template.
 * Nouns have csb-noun, where the gender and animacy of the noun should be provided.
 * Proper nouns have csb-proper noun, where the gender and animacy of the proper noun should be provided.
 * Verbs have csb-verb, where the aspect (perfect or imperfect) of the verb should be provided.
 * Adjectives and adverbs have csb-adj and csb-adv respectively, where the comparative and superlative (if present) can be given.

Layout
This is the standard layout: ==Kashubian== '' ===Etymology=== ... '' ===Pronunciation===

'' ===Part of speech=== headword line '' ... [optional:] '' ====Conjugation (verbs) or Declension (nouns and adjectives)==== or
 * 1) definition
 * 2) definition

Phonology
Kashubian pronunciation should be given using the template csb-pronunciation.

Etymology
Kashubian words mostly derive from Proto-Slavic, the shared ancestor of among others Polish, Czech and Russian. Proto-Slavic, in turn, is the descendant of Proto-Balto-Slavic and Proto-Indo-European. The entries of these words should contain the template inh+

As such, the most basic etymology of a term like would look as follows: ===Etymology=== csb csb. Cognates include pl and cs

Other terms are borrowed, for example from Polish or German. The entries of these words should contain the template bor+.

German borrowings have the following sound correspondences (from German to Kashubian):
 * 1) au > u in some words
 * 2) e> a
 * 3) a > ô
 * 4) e > ∅ word finally
 * 5) ü > i
 * i, u > ë
 * 1) ie > é
 * 2) ck > cz
 * 3) p > p' (soft p)
 * 4) pf > p
 * 5) ei > e
 * 6) o > ó
 * 7) ç > ∅

Compare the following etymology for : ===Etymology=== csb.