Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pravъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *prōˀwas, from Proto-Indo-European *preh₃-wo-s, from *per- (“to go over”). Cognate with Latin prōvincia.

Adjective

*pràvъ

right, straight
correct

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: пра́вы (právy)
- Russian: пра́вый (právyj)
- Ukrainian: пра́вий (právyj)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: правъ (pravŭ)
  - Bulgarian: прав (prav)
- Macedonian: прав (prav)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пра̏в
  
  Latin: prȁv
- Slovene: [Term?]

West Slavic:
- Czech: pravý
- Polish: prawy
- Slovak: pravý
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: pšawy
  - Upper Sorbian: prawy

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “пра́вый”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, 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

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