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Indo European Definition

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English

Etymology

Coined in 1813 by Sir Thomas Young.

Proper noun

Singular Indo-European

Plural -

Indo-European

  1. A major language family which includes many of the languages between Europe and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches.
  2. Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.

Related terms

Noun

Singular Indo- European

Plural Indo-Europeans

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 Western Eurasia.

Adjective

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

Positive Indo-European

Comparative more Indo-European

Superlative most Indo-European
  1. Of or related to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
  2. Of or related to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
  3. Of or related to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European tongues.

Translations

of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia
  • Danish: indoeuropæisk
  • Finnish: indoeurooppalainen
  • German: indogermanisch, indoeuropäisch
of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family
  • German: indogermanisch, indoeuropäisch
of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European tongues
  • German: indogermanisch, indoeuropäisch

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The Indo-European languages are a family (or phylum) of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and South Asia and also historically predominant in Anatolia. With written attestations appearing since the Bronze Age, in the form of the Anatolian languages and Mycenaean Greek, the Indo-European family is significant to the field of historical linguistics as possessing the longest recorded history after the Afroasiatic family.
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