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proto-indo european

/ˌprəʊtəʊ ˈɪndəʊ ˌjʊərəˈpiːən/

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/ˌprəʊtəʊ ˈɪndəʊ ˌjʊərəˈpiːən/C1formalscientific
  • ruИмя собственное, обозначающее реконструированного общего предка индоевропейской языковой семьи, на котором говорили тысячи лет назад и от которого произошло большинство европейских, иранских и североиндийских языков.

A proper noun referring to the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family, spoken thousands of years ago, from which most European, Iranian, and North Indian languages are descended.

  1. Reconstructed ancestral languageC2formal

    The hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European language family, reconstructed by linguists based on similarities among its daughter languages.

    ruРеконструированный праязык

    • Linguists have reconstructed many words of Proto-Indo-European.
    • The word 'mother' in many languages traces back to Proto-Indo-European.
    • Proto-Indo-European is not directly attested in any written records.