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Indo-European Definition

Indo-European

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Etymology

Coined in 1813 by Sir Thomas Young, 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).

Proper noun

Indo-European

  1. 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.
  2. Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.

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Noun

Indo- European (plural Indo-Europeans)

  1. 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.

Adjective

Indo-European (comparative more Indo-European, superlative most Indo-European)

  1. Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
  2. Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
  3. 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
  • Arabic: هندي-أوروبي (ar) (hindiy-'uruubiy)
  • Armenian: հնդեվրոպական (hy) (hndevropakan)
  • Catalan: indoeuropeu (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 印歐 (cmn), 印欧 (cmn) (Yìn-Ōu)
  • Danish: indoeuropæisk (da)
  • Finnish: indoeurooppalainen (fi)
  • French: indoeuropéen (fr) m.
  • German: indogermanisch (de), indoeuropäisch (de)
  • Greek: ινδοευρωπαϊκός (el) (indoeuropaïkós)
  • Hebrew: הודו- אירופית (he)
  • Hindi: भारत-युरोपीय (hi) (bhārat-yurōpīy), भारोपीय (hi) (bhārōpīy), हिंद युरोपीय (hi) (hind yurōpīy)
  • Irish: ind-eorpach (ga)
  • Italian: indoeuropeo (it) m.
  • Japanese: インドヨーロッパ (ja) (Indoyōroppa)
  • Korean: 인도유럽의 (ko) (Indoyureop-ui)
  • Navajo: Naakáí dootłʼizhí dóó Bééshbichʼahii dabizaad ndahalinígíí
  • Polish: indoeuropejski (pl) m.
  • Portuguese: indoeuropeu (pt)
  • Russian: индоевропейский (ru) (indojevropéjskij)
  • Spanish: indoeuropeo (es) m.
  • Swedish: indoeuropeisk (sv)
  • Turkish: Hint-Avrupa (tr)
of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family
of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages

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