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Proto-Indo-European

 
Dictionary: Pro·to-In·do-Eur·o·pe·an   (prō'tō-ĭn'dō-yʊr'ə-pē'ən) pronunciation (Abbr. PIE
 
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n.

The reconstructed language that was the ancestor of the Indo-European languages.

adj.

Of, relating to, or being Proto-Indo-European or one of its reconstructed linguistic features.


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WordNet: Proto-Indo European
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
  Synonym: PIE


 
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Indo-European topics

Indo-European languages
Albanian · Armenian · Baltic
Celtic · Germanic · Greek
Indo-Iranian (Indo-Aryan, Iranian)
Italic · Slavic  

extinct: Anatolian · Paleo-Balkans (Dacian,
Phrygian, Thracian) · Tocharian

Indo-European peoples
Albanians · Armenians
Balts · Celts · Germanic peoples
Greeks · Indo-Aryans
Iranians · Latins · Slavs

historical: Anatolians (Hittites, Luwians)
Celts (Galatians, Gauls) · Germanic tribes
Illyrians · Italics  · Cimmerians · Sarmatians
Scythians  · Thracians  · Tocharians
Indo-Iranians (Rigvedic tribes, Iranian tribes) 

Proto-Indo-Europeans
Language · Society · Religion
 
Urheimat hypotheses
Kurgan hypothesis
Anatolia · Armenia · India · PCT
 
Indo-European studies

Proto-Indo-European (often abbreviated PIE) may refer to:


 
 

 

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