Indo-European
See also: Indoeuropean
English
Alternative forms
- Indoeuropean
- IE, IE. (abbreviations)
Etymology
Coined by Thomas Young in 1813, 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).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- 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.
Synonyms
- Indo-Germanic (now uncommon)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Further reading
Noun
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.
- (rare) A European living in India or the Indies.
- 2020, Sujit Sivasandaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 236:
- The sale of looted items persisted for a month, and quick profits were made by burghers and Indo-Europeans.
- 2020, Sujit Sivasandaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 236:
Translations
member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
Adjective
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
of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia
of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European
|
of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages
|
Further reading
- Indo-European on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Categories:
- English terms coined by Thomas Young
- English coinages
- English terms prefixed with Indo-
- English 6-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with rare senses
- English adjectives
- English relational adjectives
- en:Language families
- en:Indo-European studies