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Proto-Slavic

Proto-Slavic proper noun: a hypothetical, reconstructed language whence all the Slavic languages later descended.

Proper noun

Proto-Slavic

  1. A hypothetical, reconstructed language whence all the Slavic languages later descended.

Adjective (1)

Proto-Slavic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Proto-Slavic language.
  2. Of or pertaining to the people or nation that spoke Proto-Slavic.

Adjective (2) capitalized: proto-Slavic

proto-Slavic (not comparable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Proto-Slavic.

Proto-Slavic meaning in Hindi

Proto-Slavic in Hindi

Proto-Slavic
आदिम-स्लावी ādim-slāvī

Synonyms of Proto-Slavic

Forms of Proto-Slavic

alternative abbreviationPSl.
alternative abbreviationPS.

Origin of Proto-Slavic

From proto- + Slavic.

Questions about Proto-Slavic

What does Proto-Slavic mean?
Proto-Slavic means a hypothetical, reconstructed language whence all the Slavic languages later descended.
What is Proto-Slavic in Hindi?
Proto-Slavic in Hindi is आदिम-स्लावी (ādim-slāvī). See Proto-Slavic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Proto-Slavic?
Proto-Slavic can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Proto-Slavic in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Scythian
  2. Proto-Semitic
  3. Proto-Sinaitic
  4. Proto-Sinitic
  5. Proto-Sino-Tibetan
  6. Proto-Slavic
  7. proto-Somaloid
  8. Proto-South Sulawesi
  9. proto-stories
  10. proto-story
  11. proto-strontium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Proto-Slavic (page history and authors); proto-Slavic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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