Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prostъ

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-Indo-European *pro-sth₂o-.

Adjective

*prȍstъ [1]

simple, straight

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: про́сты (prósty)
- Russian: просто́й (prostój)
- Ukrainian: прости́й (prostýj)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: прост (prost)
- Macedonian: прост (prost)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: про̏ст
  
  Latin: prȍst
- Slovene: pròst
West Slavic:
- Czech: prostý
- Polish: prosty
- Slovak: prostý
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: pšosty
  - Upper Sorbian: prosty
→ Romanian: prost

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prȏstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421: “adj. o (c) ‘simple, straight’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prȏstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421: “adj. o (c) ‘simple, straight’”