Proto-Indo-European Definition

prōtō-ĭndō-yo͝orə-pēən
noun

The hypothetical language, reconstructed by modern linguists, from which the Indo-European languages are thought to have descended.

Webster's New World
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pronoun

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

Wiktionary
adjective
Of Proto-Indo-European.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or being Proto-Indo-European or one of its reconstructed linguistic features.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Proto-Indo-European

Noun

Singular:
Proto-Indo-European
Plural:
proto-indo-europeans

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