Meaning of Proto-Indo-European | Babel Free
/ˌpɹəʊ̯təʊ̯ˌɪndə(ʊ̯)ˌjʊə̯ɹəˈpiːən/Definitions
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A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language. countable
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The reconstructed ancestor language or protolanguage of the Indo-European family of languages, which includes most European, Iranian, and Indian languages. uncountable
Equivalents
Ελληνικά
πρωτοϊνδοευρωπαϊκά
Español
protoindoeuropeo
Italiano
protoindoeuropeo
Polski
praindoeuropejski
Português
protoindo-europeu
Українська
праіндоєвропейський
Examples
“The word mother comes from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.”
“The plural English word brethren and the Farsi word that is pronounced as 'baradaran' both come from the same Proto-Indo-European root word.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.