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Definition of Proto-Indo-European in English: Proto-Indo-Europeannoun mass nounThe lost language from which all Indo-European languages derive. See Indo-European Example sentencesExamples - When Proto-Indo-European was spoken, the sea level was still recovering from the low point it had reached during the Ice Age, about 100 metres lower than the present level.
- The standard estimate for the time depth of the Indo-European parent language, Proto-Indo-European, is perhaps 6,000 years BP.
- All are presumed to have descended from a single common ancestor language known as Proto-Indo-European.
- This was the basis of the reconstruction of the ancient and hypothetical language, Proto-Indo-European, from which we believe are derived most European tongues, and many spoken in Western and Central Asia.
- The first language and its evolution to an ancient language called Proto-Indo-European (Proto-IE) are lost.
adjective Relating to Proto-Indo-European. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Sagacity’ in English print in 1548 was originally the ability to track or hunt, in Proto-Indo-European cultures.
- Whatever the truth, the mystery and magic of our Proto-Indo-European heritage has continued to fascinate me and many scholars in the field.
- We lose the thread at the Proto-Indo-European tongue spoken beginning in 4,000 b.c. and since vanished.
- A significant number of animals were probably brought, first by the Proto-Indo-European peoples, into northern Iberia during the fifth millennium B.P., and second by the Roman invasions ca. 2300 B.P.
Definition of Proto-Indo-European in US English: Proto-Indo-Europeannounˈˌproʊdoʊ ˌ(w)ɪndoʊ ˌjurəˈpiən The unrecorded language from which all Indo-European languages are hypothesized to derive. See Indo-European Example sentencesExamples - When Proto-Indo-European was spoken, the sea level was still recovering from the low point it had reached during the Ice Age, about 100 metres lower than the present level.
- The standard estimate for the time depth of the Indo-European parent language, Proto-Indo-European, is perhaps 6,000 years BP.
- This was the basis of the reconstruction of the ancient and hypothetical language, Proto-Indo-European, from which we believe are derived most European tongues, and many spoken in Western and Central Asia.
- All are presumed to have descended from a single common ancestor language known as Proto-Indo-European.
- The first language and its evolution to an ancient language called Proto-Indo-European (Proto-IE) are lost.
adjectiveˈˌproʊdoʊ ˌ(w)ɪndoʊ ˌjurəˈpiən Relating to Proto-Indo-European. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Sagacity’ in English print in 1548 was originally the ability to track or hunt, in Proto-Indo-European cultures.
- We lose the thread at the Proto-Indo-European tongue spoken beginning in 4,000 b.c. and since vanished.
- Whatever the truth, the mystery and magic of our Proto-Indo-European heritage has continued to fascinate me and many scholars in the field.
- A significant number of animals were probably brought, first by the Proto-Indo-European peoples, into northern Iberia during the fifth millennium B.P., and second by the Roman invasions ca. 2300 B.P.
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