Proethnic

//pɹoʊˈɛθ.nɪk//

"Proethnic" in a Sentence (2 examples)

The original meaning of the root is 'put'; but, from the proethnic period, a secondary development in the line ('set,' 'establish,' and so) 'make,' 'do,' is clear.

Since νς + consonant lost its y in proethnic Greek (77.2), the same would be true of final νς in close combination with a following word beginning with a consonant.

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