Proto-Indo-European

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Proper Noun 1.2 Descendant Languages 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Translations 1.5 Related Terms 1.6 See Also

English

Proper Noun

Proto-Indo-European, plural Proto-Indo-Europeans

1. the ancestor language or protolanguage of most European and Indian languages
2. a person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language

Descendant Languages

Proto-Indo-European is the ancestor language of many languages, including the following major groups:

• Armenian
• Baltic
• Celtic
• Germanic
• Greek
• Italic
• Slavic
• Persian
• Sanskrit
• Tocharian

Adjective

Proto-Indo-European

1. of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it

Translations

• Persian: نیا-هندو‌اروپایی (Niya-Hendo-Orupayi)

Related Terms

• European
• Indo
• Indo-European language family
• proto

See Also

Wikipedia article on Proto-Indo-European