Meaning of eteo- | Babel Free

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Denoting an ancient or ancestral language (or form of a language), dating from a time before it came into contact with another language; particularly one which had considerable influence, or which later displaced it entirely.

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“Eteo-Tocharian is a good example of the influence of Greeks in Central Asia. Eteo-Tocharian was written in a modified Greek alphabet (Maricq 1958:398). This script is a manifestation of the Greek influence in Bactria, even after the Kushana subjugation of this area.”

“Bái vocabulary, later Chinese borrowings excluded, can be divided into a Sino-Bái vocabulary, which shows a close resemblance to Chinese, and a Pre-Bái or Eteo-Bái vocabulary, which is not etymologizable into Chinese.”

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