interwiki

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

Proto-Polynesian *witi

Hawaiian wiki

Hawaiian wikiwiki

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *webaną

Proto-Germanic *wabją

Old English webb

Middle English web

English web

English WikiWikiWebclip.

English wiki

English interwiki

From inter- + wiki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈwɪki/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Adjective

interwiki (not comparable)

1. Between wikis.

   interwiki link ― a link from one wiki to a page on another wiki

Noun

interwiki (plural interwikis)

1. An interwiki link.

Verb

interwiki (third-person singular simple present interwikis, present participle interwikiing, simple past and past participle interwikied)

1. To create interwiki links (hyperlinks between wikis).

   Coordinate term: transwiki

   • 2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And how You Can be a Part of it, →ISBN, page 415:

     Any page, not just articles, can be interwikied.

Related terms

• transwiki