Definition of Proto-Indo-European

1. Proper noun. (context: linguistics uncountable) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of the Indo-European family of languages, which includes most European and Indian languages. ¹

2. Proper noun. (context: anthropology countable) A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: linguistics anthropology) Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proto-Indo-European

Proto-Altaic
Proto-Armenian
Proto-Athabaskan
Proto-Austronesian
Proto-Baltic
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Proto-Bantu
Proto-Canaanite alphabet
Proto-Celtic
Proto-Dravidian
Proto-Eskimo
Proto-Finnic
Proto-Finno-Ugric
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Greek
Proto-Indo-European (current term)
Proto-Indo-Europeans
Proto-Indo-Germanic
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Proto-Indo-Iranians
Proto-Indo European
Proto-Inupik
Proto-Iranian
Proto-Iranians
Proto-Italic
Proto-Japonic
Proto-Kartvelian
Proto-Malayic
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Proto-Mon-Khmer

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