English
Etymology
From proto- + Indo-European.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɹəʊ̯təʊ̯ˌɪndə(ʊ̯)ˌjʊə̯ɹəˈpiːən/, /-ˌjɔːɹəˈ-/, (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɹoʊ̯toʊ̯ˌɪndoʊ̯ˌjʊɹəˈpi.ən/[1]
Proper noun
Proto-Indo-European
- (linguistics, uncountable) The reconstructed ancestor language or protolanguage of the Indo-European family of languages, which includes most European, Iranian, and Indian languages.
The plural English word brethren and the Farsi word that is pronounced as 'baradaran' both come from the same Proto-Indo-European root word.
Synonyms
Translations
ancestor language of most European and Indian languages
- Armenian: հնդեվրոպական նախալեզու (hy) (hndevropakan naxalezu)
- Basque: Aitzinindoeuropera
- Breton: indez-europeg
- Bulgarian: индоевропе́йски пра́език m (indoevropéjski práezik)
- Catalan: protoindoeuropeu m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 原始印歐語 / 原始印欧语 (Yuánshǐ Yìn-Ōuyǔ)
- Czech: praindoevropština (cs) f
- Danish: protoindoeuropæisk, urindoeuropæisk
- Dutch: Proto-Indo-Europees (nl) n
- Esperanto: hindeŭropa pralingvo
- Faroese: frumindoevropeiskt n
- Finnish: indoeurooppalainen kantakieli, kantaindoeurooppa (fi)
- French: indo-européen commun (fr) m, indoeuropéen (fr)
- Galician: protoindoeuropeo m
- Georgian: პროტოინდოევროპული ენა (ṗroṭoindoevroṗuli ena), წინარეინდოევროპული ენა (c̣inareindoevroṗuli ena), პროტოინდოევროპული (ṗroṭoindoevroṗuli), წინარეინდოევროპული (c̣inareindoevroṗuli)
- German: Indogermanisch (de) n, Urindogermanisch (de) n
- Greek: πρωτοϊνδοευρωπαϊκά (el) pl (protoïndoevropaïká)
- Hebrew: פרוטו־הודו־אירופית f (próto-hódu-eirópit)
- Hindi: आदिम-भारोपीय f (ādim-bhāropīya)
- Hungarian: indoeurópai alapnyelv
- Icelandic: frumindóevrópska f
- Interlingua: proto-indoeuropeo
- Irish: Próta-Ind-Eorpais f
- Italian: protoindoeuropeo (it) m
- Japanese: 印欧祖語 (ja) (in'ō sogo), インド・ヨーロッパ祖語 (ja) (indo-yōroppa sogo)
- Korean: 인도유럽조어 (indoyureopjo'eo), 원시인구어 (wonsiin'gueo)
- Latin: lingua indogermanica f, lingua prisca indoeuropaea f
- Lithuanian: indoeuropiečių prokalbė (lt) f
- Macedonian: праиндоевропски јазик m (praindoevropski jazik)
- Norwegian: protoindoeuropeisk (no)
- Bokmål: urindoeuropeisk (no)
- Nynorsk: urindoeuropeisk
- Persian: نیاهندواروپایی (niyâ-hendo-orupâyi)
- Polish: praindoeuropejski (pl) m
- Portuguese: protoindo-europeu (pt) m
- Romanian: limba proto-indo-europeană f, stră-indoeuropeană f
- Russian: праиндоевропе́йский язы́к (ru) m (praindojevropéjskij jazýk)
- Serbo-Croatian: proto-indo-europski
- Slovak: praindoeurópčina f
- Slovene: praindoevropščina f
- Spanish: protoindoeuropeo (es) m
- Swedish: urindoeuropeiska (sv), protoindoeuropeiska, indoeuropeiska urspråket
- Turkish: Proto-Hint-Avrupaca
- Ukrainian: праіндоєвропе́йська f (praindojevropéjsʹka)
- Urdu: اَوَّلِی ہِنْد یُورَپِی f (avvalī-hind-yūrapī)
- Welsh: proto-indo-ewropeaidd
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Indo-European terms
- Appendix:Proto-Indo-European Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Proto-Indo-European
Noun
Proto-Indo-European (plural Proto-Indo-Europeans)
- (anthropology, countable) A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language.
- Synonym: Indo-European
Translations
person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language
- Dutch: Proto-Indo-Europeaan m
- French: Indo-européen (fr) m, Indoeuropéen (fr) m
- Georgian: პროტოინდოევროპელი (ṗroṭoindoevroṗeli), წინარეინდოევროპელი (c̣inareindoevroṗeli)
- German: Urindogermane m
- Hungarian: indoeurópai (hu)
- Irish: Próta-Ind-Eorpach m
- Lithuanian: indoeuropietis m, indoeuropietė f
- Macedonian: Праиндоевропе́ец (Praindoevropéec)
- Persian: نیاهندواروپاییزبان (niyâ-hendo-orupâyi-zabân)
- Polish: Praindoeuropejczyk
- Romanian: indoeuropean m, indoeuropeană f
- Russian: праиндоевропе́ец (ru) m (praindojevropéjec)
- Slovene: Praindoevropejec m
- Spanish: protoindoeuropeo (es) m
- Turkish: Proto-Hint-Avrupalı
- Ukrainian: праіндоєвропе́єць m (praindojevropéjecʹ), праіндоєвропе́йка f (praindojevropéjka)
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Adjective
Proto-Indo-European (not comparable)
- (linguistics, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it.
Translations
pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it
— see also Indo-EuropeanSee also
Proto-Indo-European is the hypothetical ancestor language of many languages, including the following major groups:
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Indo-European terms
- Appendix:Proto-Indo-European Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Proto-Indo-European
References
- ^ Wells, John C. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed. Longman, 2008. isbn 9781405881180.