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Definition of Indo-European

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Indo-European language family.

2. Noun. A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people. "Indo-European migrations"

4. Noun. The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia.

Definition of Indo-European

1. Proper noun. 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. ¹

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

3. Noun. 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. ¹

4. Adjective. Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia. ¹

5. Adjective. Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called ''Proto-Indo-European'' and abbreviated ''PIE''. ¹

6. Adjective. Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European languages. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indo-European

Indigirka Indigirka River Indigo child Indigo children Indigofera anil Indigofera suffruticosa Indigofera tinctoria Indira Gandhi Indira Nehru Gandhi Indo-

Indo-Aryan Indo-Aryans Indo-Briton Indo-Britons Indo-China Indo-European (current term) Indo-European language Indo-European root Indo-European roots Indo-Europeanist

Indo-Europeanists Indo-Europeans Indo-Germanic Indo-Hittite Indo-Iranian Indo-Iranian language Indo-Pak Indo-Portuguese Indo-Semitic Indo-Uralic

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