Standard Lemma guide

Proto-Slavic

adj · name · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Proto-Slavic language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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adj

Meaning 2

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

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Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 3

Alternative spelling of Proto-Slavic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

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name

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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History

Etymology

From proto- + Slavic.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: праславя́нскі (praslavjánski) — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Bulgarian: праславя́нски (praslavjánski) — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Czech: praslovanský — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Esperanto: praslava — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Finnish: kantaslaavilainen — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • French: proto-slave — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • German: urslawisch — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Hungarian: ősszláv — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Italian: protoslavo — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Macedonian: прасловенски (praslovenski) — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Polish: prasłowiański — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Portuguese: protoeslavo — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Russian: праславя́нский (praslavjánskij) — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏славе̄нскӣ — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏слове̄нскӣ — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁslavēnskī — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁslovēnskī — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Slovak: praslovanský — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Slovene: prȃslovȃnski — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Ukrainian: праслов'я́нський (praslovʺjánsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
  • Aragonese: idioma protoeslabo — Proto-Slavic
  • Belarusian: праславя́нская мо́ва (praslavjánskaja móva) — Proto-Slavic
  • Belarusian: праславя́нская (praslavjánskaja) — Proto-Slavic
  • Bulgarian: праславя́нски ези́к (praslavjánski ezík) — Proto-Slavic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 原始斯拉夫語 /原始斯拉夫语 (yuánshǐ sīlāfūyǔ) — Proto-Slavic
  • Czech: praslovanština — Proto-Slavic
  • Danish: urslavisk — Proto-Slavic
  • Dutch: Oerslavisch — Proto-Slavic
  • Esperanto: praslava lingvo — Proto-Slavic
  • Faroese: fornslaviskt — Proto-Slavic
  • Finnish: kantaslaavi — Proto-Slavic
  • French: proto-slave — Proto-Slavic
  • German: Urslawisch — Proto-Slavic
  • Hindi: आदिम-स्लावी (ādim-slāvī) — Proto-Slavic
  • Hungarian: ősszláv — Proto-Slavic
  • Italian: protoslavo — Proto-Slavic
  • Italian: lingua protoslava — Proto-Slavic
  • Japanese: スラヴ祖語 (suravu sogo) — Proto-Slavic
  • Korean: 슬라브조어 (seullabeujo'eo) — Proto-Slavic
  • Lithuanian: slavų prokalbė — Proto-Slavic
  • Macedonian: прасловенски јазик (praslovenski jazik) — Proto-Slavic
  • Polish: język prasłowiański — Proto-Slavic
  • Polish: prasłowiańszczyzna — Proto-Slavic
  • Portuguese: protoeslavo — Proto-Slavic
  • Romanian: limba slavă veche — Proto-Slavic
  • Russian: праславя́нский язы́к (praslavjánskij jazýk) — Proto-Slavic
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏славе̄нскӣ — Proto-Slavic
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏слове̄нскӣ — Proto-Slavic
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁslavēnskī — Proto-Slavic
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁslovēnskī — Proto-Slavic
  • Slovak: praslovančina — Proto-Slavic
  • Slovene: prȃslovȃnščina — Proto-Slavic
  • Spanish: protoeslavo — Proto-Slavic
  • Swedish: urslaviska — Proto-Slavic
  • Ukrainian: праслов'я́нська мо́ва (praslovʺjánsʹka móva) — Proto-Slavic
  • Ukrainian: праслов'я́нська (praslovʺjánsʹka) — Proto-Slavic