Proto-Indo-European

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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.

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

• Wiktionary:About Proto-Indo-European
• Appendix:Proto-Indo-European roots
• Wiktionary Appendix:List of Proto-Indo-European roots

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Proto-Indo-European (not comparable)

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

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• European
• Indo
• Indo-European language family
• proto-