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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/prot-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

Root

*prot-

  1. to understand

Derived terms
Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Albanian: *pratja
    • Albanian: pres (“to wait, to expect”)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:[1]
    • Proto-Baltic: *prat-
      • Latvian: prast (“to know, be able”)
      • Lithuanian: pranti (“to understand”)
      • Old Prussian: prestun (“to understand”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *fraþjaną[2]
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: interpres (“mediator, translator”) (possibly)
  • Proto-Tocharian: [Term?] (“decision, resolve, determination”)[3]

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “prast”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “eprete”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 95-96
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