What does "proterokinetic" mean?

Having an accent that tends to shift rightward when weakened.

What is a synonym for "proterokinetic"?

Common synonyms include: acrostatic, amphikinetic, hysterokinetic, proterodynamic.

adj

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Adjective

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Having an accent that tends to shift rightward when weakened. not-comparable
"The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘thought’ was proterokinetic: nominative singular *mén-ti-s, genitive *mn̥-téy-s."

"The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘thought’ was proterokinetic: nominative singular *mén-ti-s, genitive *mn̥-téy-s."

From protero- + kinetic.

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