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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pravъ

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *prṓˀwas, from Proto-Indo-European *preh₃-wo-s, from *per- (to go over). Probably cognate with Latin prōvincia from *prōv-inquos "vested with authority, having a right" from **prōvos "right, true".

Adjective

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*pràvъ

  1. right, straight
  2. correct

Inflection

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Accent paradigm a.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пра́вый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pravъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 418