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The 20 pages that link to Proto-Slavic, each with the reason it gives.

• Russian languageNarrower topic: Russian inherited much of its core vocabulary and grammatical structure from this ancestor.

• Old Church SlavonicNarrower topic: Old Church Slavonic preserves features inherited from this common ancestor.

• Slavic languagesNarrower topic: It is the source language from which the Slavic branches developed.

• Polish languageNarrower topic: Polish descends from Proto-Slavic through the West Slavic branch.

• South Slavic languagesNarrower topic: Its sound system and vocabulary underlie features shared across South Slavic languages.

• Slavic migrationsNarrower topic: Shared linguistic ancestry helps trace connections among populations whose movements left few contemporary records.

• Old East SlavicNarrower topic: Its sound system and grammar provide the deeper ancestry behind Old East Slavic.

• West Slavic languagesNarrower topic: Its inherited vocabulary and grammar link West Slavic languages to one another.

• Slovak languageNarrower topic: Slovak ultimately descends from this common Slavic ancestor.

• East SlavsNarrower topic: It provides a linguistic common origin broader than the East Slavic branch.

• Slavic peoplesBroader topic: Its descendants became the languages associated with Slavic peoples.

• Slovene languageNarrower topic: Slovene descends from Proto-Slavic through the South Slavic branch.

• South SlavsNarrower topic: South Slavic languages descend from this ancestral language.

• West SlavsNarrower topic: Its descendants include the languages that define West Slavic linguistic kinship.

• Early SlavsBroader topic: Linguistic reconstruction traces shared speech before separate Slavic languages appear in records.

• Slavic second palatalizationNarrower topic: The second palatalization is reconstructed as a sound change in this ancestor.

• SlavsBroader topic: Its development and fragmentation help trace the early formation of Slavic-speaking communities.

• Slavic third palatalizationNarrower topic: The third palatalization is a sound change reconstructed for this ancestral language.

• Havlík's lawNarrower topic: The law describes a sound pattern reconstructed for this ancestral language.

• Ruki sound lawBroader topic: Ruki conditioned a distinct sibilant development in the Balto-Slavic branch.