Indo-European

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Etymology

Coined in 1813 by Sir Thomas Young, from Indo- +‎ European, relating to the geographical extremes in India and Europe (which was valid before the discovery of Tocharian languages in the early 20th century).

Proper noun

Indo-European

1. A major language family which includes many of the native languages of Europe, Western Asia and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches.
2. Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.

Synonyms

• (dated) Indo-Germanic

Related terms

• PIE

See also

• Category:Indo-European derivations

External links

• ISO 639-5 code ine [1]

Noun

Indo-European (plural Indo-Europeans)

1. A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Indo-European and thus to have been the ancestor for most of India and Western Eurasia.

Translations

member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group

• Catalan: indoeuropeu (ca) m, indoeuropea (ca) f
• Faroese: indoevropeari (fo) m
• Finnish: indoeurooppalainen (fi)
• German: Indogermane (de) m, Indogermanin (de) f, Indoeuropäer (de) m, Indoeuropäerin (de) f

• Latvian: indoeiropietis (lv) m, indoeiropiete (lv) f
• Romanian: indo-european (ro)
• Russian: индоевропеец (ru) (indojevropéjec) m , индоевропейка (ru) (indojevropéjka) f 

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Translations to be checked

• Hindi: (bhaaropeeya)
• Persian: هندو‌اروپایی (fa) (hendo-orupayi)

Adjective

Indo-European (comparative more Indo-European, superlative most Indo-European)

1. Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
2. Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
3. Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European languages.

Translations

of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia

• Arabic: هندي-أوروبي (ar) (hindiy-'uruubiy)
• Armenian: հնդեվրոպական (hy) (hndevropakan) 
• Catalan: indoeuropeu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印歐 (cmn), 印欧 (cmn) (Yìn-Ōu)

• Danish: indoeuropæisk (da)
• Faroese: indoevropeiskur (fo)
• Finnish: indoeurooppalainen (fi)
• French: indoeuropéen (fr) m
• German: indogermanisch (de), indoeuropäisch (de)
• Greek: ινδοευρωπαϊκός (el) (indoeuropaïkós) 
• Hebrew: הודו- אירופית (he)
• Hindi: भारत-युरोपीय (hi) (bhārat-yurōpīy), भारोपीय (hi) (bhārōpīy), हिंद युरोपीय (hi) (hind yurōpīy)

• Icelandic: indóevrópskur (is)
• Irish: ind-eorpach (ga)
• Italian: indoeuropeo (it) m
• Japanese: インドヨーロッパ (ja) (Indoyōroppa)
• Korean: 인도유럽의 (ko) (Indoyureop-ui)
• Latvian: indoeiropiešu (lv), indoeiropeisks (lv)
• Navajo: Naakáí dootłʼizhí dóó Bééshbichʼahii dabizaad ndahalinígíí
• Persian: هندواروپایی (fa)
• Polish: indoeuropejski (pl) m
• Portuguese: indoeuropeu (pt)
• Russian: индоевропейский (ru) (indojevropéjskij) 
• Spanish: indoeuropeo (es) m
• Swedish: indoeuropeisk (sv)
• Turkish: Hint-Avrupa (tr)

of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family

• Catalan: indoeuropeu (ca)
• Esperanto: hindeŭropa (eo)
• Faroese: indoevropeiskur (fo)
• Finnish: indoeurooppalainen (fi)
• French: indoeuropéen (fr) m

• German: indogermanisch (de), indoeuropäisch (de)
• Icelandic: indóevrópskur (is)
• Irish: ind-eorpach (ga)
• Latvian: indoeiropiešu (lv), indoeiropeisks (lv)
• Navajo: Indo-Eudopaa bizaad

of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages

• Catalan: indoeuropeu (ca)
• Esperanto: hindeŭropa (eo)
• Faroese: indoevropeiskur (fo)
• Finnish: indoeurooppalainen (fi)
• French: indoeuropéen (fr)

• German: indogermanisch (de), indoeuropäisch (de)
• Icelandic: indóevrópskur (is)
• Irish: ind-eorpach (ga)
• Latvian: indoeiropiešu (lv), indoeiropeisks (lv)

External links

• Indo-European languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Indo-European languages