Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pra-

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 *preh₂-. Related to *pro.

Prefix

*pra-

1. proto-
2. great-

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пра- (pra-)
    • Old Ruthenian: пра- (pra-)
      • Belarusian: пра- (pra-)
      • Ukrainian: пра- (pra-)
    • Russian: пра- (pra-)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: пра- (pra-)

  • Bulgarian: пра- (pra-)
  • Macedonian: пра- (pra-)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пра-

    Latin script: pra-

  • Slovene: prȃ- (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pra-
  • Polish: pra-
  • Slovak: pra-
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pra-

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пра-”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress