Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pro-

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

Etymology

From *pró (“toward, leading”).

Prefix

*pro-^[1]

toward, forward

Derived terms

Category Proto-Indo-European terms prefixed with *pro- not found

Descendants

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pro- (1 c, 0 e)

>? Proto-Armenian:
- Old Armenian: որո- (oro-) (possibly in որոգայթ (orogaytʻ) and/or որոնեմ (oronem)^[2])
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pra-
- Lithuanian: *pra-
- Proto-Slavic: *pro- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *ɸro- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *fra- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *pro-
- Ancient Greek: προ- (pro-) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pra- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *pro- (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “pro, prō”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 813-815
^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 637

[IEW-1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “pro, prō”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 813-815

[2] Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 637

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