Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/protivъ

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

Alternative forms

*pretivъ, *proti, *protivo

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *próti ~ *préti (“towards, against”).^[1] Compare Latvian pretējs.

Preposition

*protivъ^[1]

(with genitive) contrary, against

Derived terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: противъ (protivŭ)
  - Belarusian: про́ці (próci), прэ̀цi (prèci)
  - Russian: про́тив (prótiv)
  - Ukrainian: про́ти (próty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: противъ (protivŭ)
  - Bulgarian: проти́в (protív)
  - Macedonian: против (protiv)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: про̏тив
  
  Latin script: prȍtiv
- Slovene: prọ̑ti
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: protiv
  - Czech: proti
- Kashubian: przecyw
- Old Polish: przeciw, prociw
  - Polish: przeciw, prociw (Middle Polish)
  - Silesian: przeciw
- Old Slovak: prociv, proti, protiv
  - Pannonian Rusyn: проци (proci), процив (prociv)
  - Slovak: proti
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: pśeśiwo
  - Upper Sorbian: přećiwo

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*protivъ; *protivo; *protivǫ; *proti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422