Template:descendant tree/documentation

This template generates descendant trees which are automatically sorted. Borrowings are listed after inherited terms, and unattested forms are listed after attested terms.

Usage

This template has various features, and so will be discussed in sections.

Base functionality

Language entries are added as arguments in the format |code:term1|term2|term3…. Just as with {{descendant}}, inline arguments can be used:

{{descendant tree |hrd-pro:ṯṓchus |rad-pro:hāšur |rad:háșe|háș |lfv:tus |ryn:húr<t:night-time religious service> }}

→

Laefevian: tus Proto-Hirdic: *ṯṓchus Riyan: húr (“night-time religious service”) Proto-Radic: *hāšur Radestrian: háșe, háș

Languages without a specified term are displayed as lost:

{{descendant tree |lfv:ejym |ryn:firo |ryn-o:firaom |ryn-pro:firáumă |hrd-pro:p̄iḏɔ̄́məs |rad-pro: }}

→

Laefevian: ejym Proto-Hirdic: *p̄iḏɔ̄́məs Proto-Radic: — (lost) Proto-Riyanic: *firáumă Old Riyan: firaom Riyan: firo

Inline arguments can also be given after the language code, which would be the equivalent of an argument to {{descendant}}:

{{descendant tree |lfv:ejym |ryn:firo |ryn-o:firaom |ryn-pro:firáumă |hrd-pro:p̄iḏɔ̄́məs |rad-pro<lost:this is a custom lost text>: }}

→

Laefevian: ejym Proto-Hirdic: *p̄iḏɔ̄́məs Proto-Radic: — (this is a custom lost text) Proto-Riyanic: *firáumă Old Riyan: firaom Riyan: firo

Language-wide arguments without a defined value are interpreted as true:

{{descendant tree |lfv-pro:aðəh |lfv:ao |hrd-pro:p̄ɯ́ḏɯs |rad-pro<see>:hırs |ryn-pro:*fúru |ryn:fur }}

→

Proto-Hirdic: *p̄ɯ́ḏɯs Proto-Radic: *hırs (see there for further descendants) Proto-Riyanic: **fúru Riyan: fur Proto-Laefevic: *aðəh Laefevian: ao