Proto-Indo-European

  1. Proper noun.  (context, linguistics) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of most European and Indian languages.
  2. Proper noun.  (context, anthropology) A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language.
  3. Adjective.  (context, linguistics) Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it.

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