Proto-Indo-European

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊ̯təʊ̯ˌɪndəʊ̯ˌjʊɹəˈpiən/, (US) IPA: /ˈpɹoʊ̯ɾoʊ̯ˌɪndoʊ̯ˌjɝəˈpiən/

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Proper noun

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

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

Synonyms

• (dated) Proto-Indo-Germanic

See also

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

Albanian Anatolian Armenian Balto-Slavic Celtic

Germanic Greek Indo-Iranian Italic Tocharian

• Wiktionary:About Proto-Indo-European
• Wiktionary Appendix:List of Proto-Indo-European roots
• Appendix:Proto-Indo-European Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Proto-Indo-European

Translations

ancestor language of most European and Indian languages

• Armenian: հնդեվրոպական նախալեզու (hy) (hndevropakan naxalezu)
• Breton: indez-europeg (br)
• Bulgarian: индоевропейски праезик (bg) (indoevropéjki práezik) m
• Catalan: protoindoeuropeu (ca) m
• Chinese: 原始印歐語, 原始印欧语 (yuánshǐ yìn ōu yǔ)
• Czech: praindoevropština (cs)
• Danish: protoindoeuropæisk (da), urindoeuropæisk (da)
• Dutch: Proto-Indo-Europees (nl) n
• Esperanto: hindeŭropa pralingvo
• Faroese: frumindoevropeiskt (fo) n
• Finnish: indoeurooppalainen kantakieli (fi)
• French: indo-européen commun (fr) m, indoeuropéen (fr)
• German: Urindogermanisch (de) n
• Greek: πρωτοϊνδοευρωπαϊκά (el) (protoindoevropaiká) pl
• Hungarian: indoeurópai alapnyelv
• Icelandic: frumindóevrópska (is) f, FIE (is) f
• Interlingua: proto-indoeuropeo

• Irish: Próta-Ind-Eorpais (ga) f
• Italian: protoindoeuropeo (it) m
• Japanese: 印欧祖語 (in’ō sogo), インド・ヨーロッパ祖語 (indo yōroppa sogo)
• Latin: lingua prisca Indoeuropaea f
• Lithuanian: indoeuropiečių prokalbė (lt) f
• Macedonian: праиндоевропски јазик (mk) (praindoévropski jázik) m
• Norwegian: protoindoeuropeisk (no), urindoeuropeisk (no)
• Persian: نیاهندواروپایی (fa) (niyâ-hendo-orupâyi)
• Polish: praindoeuropejski (pl) m
• Portuguese: proto-indo-europeu (pt) m
• Romanian: limba proto-indo-europeană f, stră-indoeuropeană (ro) f
• Russian: праиндоевропейский язык (ru) (praindojevropéjskij jazýk) m
• Serbo-Croatian: proto-indo-europski (sh)
• Slovene: praindoevropščina (sl) f
• Spanish: protoindoeuropeo (es) m
• Swedish: urindoeuropeiska (sv), protoindoeuropeiska (sv), indoeuropeiska urspråket (sv)

person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language

• Dutch: Proto-Indo-Europeaan (nl) m
• French: Indo-européen (fr) m, Indoeuropéen (fr) m
• Hungarian: indoeurópai (hu)
• Irish: Próta-Ind-Eorpach (ga) m
• Lithuanian: indoeuropietis (lt) m, indoeuropietė f
• Macedonian: Праиндоевропеец (mk) (Praindoevropéec)

• Persian: نیاهندواروپایی‌زبان (fa) (niyâ-hendo-orupâyi-zabân)
• Polish: Praindoeuropejczyk (pl)
• Portuguese: proto-indo-europeu (pt) m
• Romanian: indoeuropean (ro) m, indoeuropeană (ro) f
• Russian: праиндоевропеец (ru) (praindojevropéjets) m
• Slovene: Praindoevropejec (sl) m
• Spanish: protoindoeuropeo (es) m

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)
• Slovene: praindoevropski (sl)
• Swedish: urindoeuropeisk (sv), protoindoeuropeisk (sv)

Related terms

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