Indo-European
See also: Indoeuropean
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Indoeuropean
- IE, IE. (abbreviations)
EtymologyEdit
Coined by Thomas Young in 1813, 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).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
- 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.
- Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.
SynonymsEdit
- Indo-Germanic (now uncommon)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
language family
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proto-language
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
NounEdit
Indo-European (plural Indo-Europeans)
- 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.
- (rare) A European living in India or the Indies.
- 2020, Sujit Sivasandaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 236:
- The sale of looted items persisted for a month, and quick profits were made by burghers and Indo-Europeans.
- 2020, Sujit Sivasandaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 236:
- (loosely, uncommon) A person of mixed European and Indian ancestry.
TranslationsEdit
member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group
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AdjectiveEdit
Indo-European (comparative more Indo-European, superlative most Indo-European)
- Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
- Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
- Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European languages.
- (loosely, uncommon) Of or relating to persons of mixed European and Indian ancestry.
TranslationsEdit
of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia
of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — See also translations at Proto-Indo-European
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of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages
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Further readingEdit
- Indo-European on Wikipedia.Wikipedia