Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/protivъ

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 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Derived from Proto-Indo-European *próti ~ *préti (“towards, against”). Compare Latvian pretējs.

    Preposition

    *protivъ

    1. (with genitive) contrary, against

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    Descendants

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*protivъ; *protivo; *protivǫ; *proti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422

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