Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/prot-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

*pret-[1]

Root

*prot-

to understand

Derived terms

Unsorted formations

Proto-Balto-Slavic:[1]
- Proto-Baltic: *prat-
  - Latvian: prast (“to know, be able”)
  - Lithuanian: pranti (“to understand”)
  - Old Prussian: prestun (“to understand”)
Proto-Germanic: *fraþjaną[2]
- Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fraþjan, “to understand, think”)
Proto-Italic:
- Latin: interpres (“mediator, translator”) (possibly)
Proto-Tocharian: [Term?] (“decision, resolve, determination”)[3]
- Tocharian A: pratim
- Tocharian B: *prete

References

Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “prast”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “eprete”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 95-96

[LEV-1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “prast”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[3] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “eprete”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 95-96