Indo-European
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[edit] Etymology
Coined in 1813 by Sir Thomas Young.
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Indo-European
- A major language family which includes many of the languages between Europe and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches.
- Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.
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Indo-European (plural Indo-Europeans)
- A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Indo-European and thus to have been the ancestor for most of Western Eurasia.
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[edit] Adjective
Indo-European (comparative more Indo-European, superlative most Indo-European)
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- Of or related to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
- Of or related to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
- Of or related to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European tongues.
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of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia
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of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family
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of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European tongues
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[edit] External links
Indo-European languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Indo-European languages
