proto-languagen.

Brit.

/ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)ˌlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈproʊdoʊˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: proto- comb. form, language n.

Etymology: < proto- comb. form + language n. Compare earlier Ursprache n.

Linguistics.

A hypothetical parent language from which actual or historical languages or dialects are derived; a reconstruction of such a language.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [noun] > family of languages > antecedent or parent language

mother tongue1642

mother language1669

parent language1779

ancestor1822

Ursprache1908

proto-language1929

pre-language1961

1929 Jrnl. Internat. Afr. Instit. 2 42 Schleicher was so convinced that the Indo-European proto-language had actually been spoken in the form he had hypothetically deduced, that he even wrote a short fairy tale in it.

1948 Language 24 139 Our reconstruction of a proto-language is theoretical and partial.

1989 J. P. Mallory In Search of Indo-Europeans iii. 106 A proto-language, at least to a linguist, must meet certain minimal linguistic requirements.

2001 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 121 659/2 Without explicit reference to the historical proto-languages underlying dialect groupings, the meaning of taxonomic categories like ‘Mandarin’..remains somewhat vague.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	proto-language
释义	proto-languagen. Brit. /ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)ˌlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈproʊdoʊˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: proto- comb. form, language n. Etymology: < proto- comb. form + language n. Compare earlier Ursprache n. Linguistics. A hypothetical parent language from which actual or historical languages or dialects are derived; a reconstruction of such a language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > family of languages > antecedent or parent language mother tongue1642 mother language1669 parent language1779 ancestor1822 Ursprache1908 proto-language1929 pre-language1961 1929 Jrnl. Internat. Afr. Instit. 2 42 Schleicher was so convinced that the Indo-European proto-language had actually been spoken in the form he had hypothetically deduced, that he even wrote a short fairy tale in it. 1948 Language 24 139 Our reconstruction of a proto-language is theoretical and partial. 1989 J. P. Mallory In Search of Indo-Europeans iii. 106 A proto-language, at least to a linguist, must meet certain minimal linguistic requirements. 2001 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 121 659/2 Without explicit reference to the historical proto-languages underlying dialect groupings, the meaning of taxonomic categories like ‘Mandarin’..remains somewhat vague. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929
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