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Protas

Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian pràts (mind, intellect), Old Prussian prātin (counsel).[1] Plausibly related to Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (wise, cautious), Latin pretium (price), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (to understand, interpret).[2] Cf. pràsti (to acquire a habit, understand), and see Latvian prast for more.

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Noun

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prõtas m (plural prõtai) stress pattern 2[3]

  1. mind
  2. intelligence[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “protas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
  2. ^ protas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. ^ Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

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Noun

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protas

  1. plural of prota