Proto-Indo-European

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

(Abbr. PIE

)
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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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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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.

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