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Proto-Indo-European definition

Proto-Indo-European (prōt′ō in′dō yo̵or′ə pē′ən)

noun

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

adjective

of Proto-Indo-European

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