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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prostъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pro-sth₂o-, from *steh₂- (to stand).

Adjective

*prȍstъ[1]

  1. simple, straight

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Non-Slavic:
  • Romanian: prost
  • Yiddish: פּראָסט (prost)

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prȏstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421: “adj. o (c) ‘simple, straight’”

Further reading

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