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Proto-Indo-European Definition

Proto-Indo-European

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English

Wikipedia has an article on: Proto-Indo-European language

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Proto-Indo-European (countable and uncountable; plural Proto-Indo-Europeans)

  1. (linguistics, uncountable) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of most European and Indian languages.
  2. (anthropology, countable) A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language.

See also

Proto-Indo-European is the hypothetical ancestor language of many languages, including the following major groups:

Adjective

Proto-Indo-European (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it.

Translations

pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it
  • Armenian: նախահնդեվրոպական (hy) (naxahndevropakan)
  • Dutch: Proto-Indo-Europees (nl)
  • French: indoeuropéen (fr) m.
  • German: urindogermanisch
  • Hungarian: indoeurópai (hu)
  • Icelandic: frumindóevrópskur (is) m.
  • Irish: Próta-Ind-Eorpach (ga)
  • Macedonian: праиндоевропски (mk) (praindoévropski)
  • Persian: نیا-هندو‌اروپایی (Niya-Hendo-Orupayi)
  • Polish: praindoeuropejski (pl) m.
  • Portuguese: Proto-Indo-Europeu (pt) m.
  • Romanian: stră-indoeuropean (ro) m. and n., proto-indoeuropean (ro) m. and n.
  • Russian: праиндоевропейский (ru) (praindojevropéjskij)
  • Swedish: urindoeuropeisk (sv)

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