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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/prō

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This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

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Etymology

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Innovative instrumental singular *próh₁ from Proto-Indo-European *pró (toward).[1]

Preposition

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*prō (+ ablative)

  1. for
  2. in front of, before
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Descendants

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  • Latin: prō (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: (contracted) 𐌐𐌓 (pr), pr., (uncontracted) pru

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “prō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 489-90