Proto-Slavic

English

Alternative forms

• PSl., PS. (abbreviations)

Etymology

proto- +‎ Slavic

Proper noun

Proto-Slavic

1. (linguistics) A hypothetical, reconstructed language whence all the Slavic languages later descended.

Synonyms

• Common Slavic, Common Slavonic (more accurately referring to a late form of Proto-Slavic)
• Old Slavonic (may also refer to Old East Slavic or Old Church Slavonic)
• Slavonic

Hyponyms

• Common Slavic, Common Slavonic (less accurately used as a synonym)

Related terms

• Proto-Balto-Slavic
• proto-language

Translations

Proto-Slavic

• Aragonese: idioma protoeslabo m
• Belarusian: праславя́нская мо́ва f (praslavjánskaja móva), праславя́нская f (praslavjánskaja)
• Bulgarian: праславя́нски ези́к m (praslavjánski ezík)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原始斯拉夫語／原始斯拉夫语 (yuánshǐ sīlāfūyǔ)

• Czech: praslovanština f
• Danish: urslavisk n
• Dutch: Oerslavisch (nl) n
• Esperanto: praslava lingvo
• Faroese: fornslaviskt n
• Finnish: kantaslaavi (fi)
• French: proto-slave (fr) m
• German: Urslawisch n
• Italian: protoslavo (it) m, lingua protoslava f
• Japanese: スラヴ祖語 (ja) (suravu sogo)
• Korean: 슬라브조어 (seullabeujo'eo)
• Lithuanian: slavų prokalbė
• Macedonian: прасловенски јазик m (praslovenski jazik)
• Polish: język prasłowiański m, prasłowiańszczyzna f
• Portuguese: protoeslavo (pt) m
• Romanian: limba slavă veche f
• Russian: праславя́нский язы́к m (praslavjánskij jazýk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра̏славе̄нскӣ m (Bosnian, Croatian), пра̏слове̄нскӣ m (Serbian)

  Roman: prȁslavēnskī (sh) m (Bosnian, Croatian), prȁslovēnskī m (Serbian)

• Slovak: praslovančina f
• Slovene: prȃslovȃnščina f
• Spanish: protoeslavo m
• Swedish: urslaviska (sv) c
• Ukrainian: праслов'я́нська мо́ва f (praslovʺjánsʹka móva), праслов'я́нська f (praslovʺjánsʹka)

Adjective

Proto-Slavic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Proto-Slavic language.
2. Of or pertaining to the people or nation that spoke Proto-Slavic.

Translations

of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it

• Belarusian: праславя́нскі (praslavjánski)
• Bulgarian: праславя́нски (praslavjánski)
• Czech: praslovanský
• Esperanto: praslava
• Finnish: kantaslaavilainen
• French: proto-slave (fr) c
• German: urslawisch (de)
• Italian: protoslavo (it)
• Macedonian: прасловенски (praslovenski)
• Polish: prasłowiański (pl)
• Portuguese: protoeslavo (pt)
• Russian: праславя́нский (ru) (praslavjánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра̏славе̄нскӣ (Bosnian, Croatian), пра̏слове̄нскӣ (Serbian)

  Roman: prȁslavēnskī (sh) (Bosnian, Croatian), prȁslovēnskī (Serbian)

• Slovak: praslovanský
• Slovene: prȃslovȃnski
• Ukrainian: праслов'я́нський (uk) (praslovʺjánsʹkyj)

Further reading

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Slavic terms
• Proto-Slavic language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia