Indo-European
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Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
Indo-European
- 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.
- Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.
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- (dated) Indo-Germanic
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Noun [edit]
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 India and Western Eurasia.
Translations [edit]
member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group
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Adjective [edit]
Indo-European (comparative more Indo-European, superlative most Indo-European)
- Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
- Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
- Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European languages.
Translations [edit]
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 languages
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External links [edit]
Indo-European languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Indo-European languages