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proto-indo-european

Pro·to-In·do-Eu·ro·pe·an
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [proh-toh-in-doh-yoo r-uh-pee-uh n]
    • /ˈproʊ toʊˌɪn doʊˌyʊər əˈpi ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [proh-toh-in-doh-yoo r-uh-pee-uh n]
    • /ˈproʊ toʊˌɪn doʊˌyʊər əˈpi ən/

Definitions of proto-indo-european word

  • noun proto-indo-european the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Indo-European languages; Indo-European. 1
  • adjective proto-indo-european of or relating to Proto-Indo-European. 1
  • noun proto-indo-european the prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages 0
  • noun proto-indo-european the hypothetical language, reconstructed by modern linguists, from which the Indo-European languages are thought to have descended 0
  • adjective proto-indo-european of Proto-Indo-European 0
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Parts of speech for Proto-indo-european

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proto-indo-european popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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    denoting or belonging to the Indo-European languages in which original velar stops (k) were not palatalized, namely languages of the Hellenic, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches

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    Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.

  • grimm's law

    the statement of the regular pattern of consonant correspondences presumed to represent changes from Proto-Indo-European to Germanic, according to which voiced aspirated stops became voiced obstruents, voiced unaspirated stops became unvoiced stops, and unvoiced stops became unvoiced fricatives: first formulated in 1820–22 by Jakob Grimm, though the facts had been noted earlier by Rasmus Rask.

  • indo-hittite

    a language family in which Proto-Anatolian and Proto-Indo-European are considered coordinate. Compare Hittite (def 2).

  • laryngeal

    of, relating to, or located in the larynx.

  • p-celtic

    the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound became a p -sound. Welsh, Breton, Cornish, and Gaulish belong to P-Celtic.
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