Indo-european Definition & Meaning

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Indo-european

Indo-european Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Indo-european? [n] the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia [n] a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European [adj] of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-European migrations" [adj] of or relating to the Indo-European language family Synonyms \| Synonyms for Indo-european: Aryan \| Aryan \| Indo-Aryan \| Indo-European language \| Indo-Germanic \| Indo-Hittite Related Terms \| Find terms related to Indo-european: See Also \| Albanian \| Anatolian \| Anatolian language \| Armenian \| Armenian language \| Balto-Slavic \| Balto-Slavic language \| Balto-Slavonic \| Celtic \| Celtic language \| Germanic \| Germanic language \| Greek \| Hellenic \| Hellenic language \| Illyrian \| Indo-Iranian \| Indo-Iranian language \| Italic \| Italic language \| natural language \| PIE \| primitive \| primitive person \| Proto-Indo European \| Thraco-Phrygian \| Tocharian \| tongue Indo-european In Webster's Dictionary \In`do-Eu`rope"an\, a. Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family. The common origin of the Indo-European nations. --Tylor. \In`do-Eu`rope"an\ A member of one of the Caucasian races of Europe or India speaking an Indo-European language. Professor Otto Schrader . . . considers that the oldest probable domicile of the Indo-Europeans is to be sought for on the common borderland of Asia and of Europe, -- in the steppe country of southern Russia. --Census of India, 1901.

Indo-european Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indo-european?

[n] the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
[n] a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
[adj] of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-European migrations"
[adj] of or relating to the Indo-European language family

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Indo-european In Webster's Dictionary

\In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an\, a.
Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which
are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also,
pertaining to the people or nations who speak these
languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.

      The common origin of the Indo-European nations.
                                               --Tylor.


\In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an\
A member of one of the Caucasian races of Europe or India
speaking an Indo-European language.

      Professor Otto Schrader . . . considers that the oldest
      probable domicile of the Indo-Europeans is to be sought
      for on the common borderland of Asia and of Europe, --
      in the steppe country of southern Russia. --Census of
                                               India, 1901.

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