Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/prō

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

Etymology

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

Preposition

*prō (+ ablative)

  1. for
  2. in front of, before

Descendants

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

References

  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
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