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