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Proto-Indo-European

  (prō'tō-ĭn'dō-yʊr'ə-pē'ən) (Abbr. PIE)

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

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

The noun has one meaning:

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

Indo-European topics
Indo-European languages
Albanian · Armenian  · Baltic Celtic · Germanic  · Greek Indo-Iranian (Iranian, Indo-Aryan) Italic · Slavic   extinct: Anatolian · Paleo-Balkans (Dacian · Thracian · Phrygian) Tocharian
Indo-European peoples
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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:

• Proto-Indo-European language, the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages.
• Proto-Indo-Europeans, the hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language.

See also

• List of Proto-Indo-European roots, a list of reconstructed Proto-Indo-European roots.

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