Academics are still debating as to the location of the Proto-Indo-European urheimat.
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Proto-indo-european
//ˌpɹoʊ̯toʊ̯ˌɪndoʊ̯ˌjʊɹəˈpi.ən//
Synonyms for "proto-indo-european" (4 found)
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Related words (2)
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Translations
113 translations across 46 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- նախահնդեվրոպական adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- հնդեվրոպական նախալեզու name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Basque
1 entries- Aitzinindoeuropera name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Breton
1 entries- indez-europeg name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Bulgarian
1 entries- индоевропе́йски пра́език name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Catalan
1 entries- protoindoeuropeu name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 原始印歐語 /原始印欧语 name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Czech
2 entries- praindoevropský adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- praindoevropština name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Danish
2 entries- protoindoeuropæisk name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- urindoeuropæisk name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Dutch
3 entries- Proto-Indo-Europees adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- Proto-Indo-Europees name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- Proto-Indo-Europeaan noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Esperanto
1 entries- hindeŭropa pralingvo name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Faroese
1 entries- frumindoevropeiskt name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Finnish
2 entries- indoeurooppalainen kantakieli name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- kantaindoeurooppa name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
French
4 entries- indoeuropéen adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- indo-européen commun name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- indoeuropéen name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- Indo-européen noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Galician
1 entries- protoindoeuropeo name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Georgian
4 entries- პროტოინდოევროპული adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- წინარეინდოევროპული adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- პროტოინდოევროპული name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- პროტოინდოევროპული ენა name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
German
4 entries- indogermanisch adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- urindogermanisch adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- Indogermanisch name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- Urindogermanisch name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Greek
1 entries- πρωτοϊνδοευρωπαϊκά name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Hebrew
1 entries- פרוטו־הודו־אירופית name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Hindi
4 entries- आदिम-भारोपीय adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- आदिम-हिन्द-यूरोपीय adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- आदिम-भारोपीय name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- आदिम-हिन्द-यूरोपीय name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Hungarian
3 entries- indoeurópai adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- indoeurópai alapnyelv name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- indoeurópai noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Icelandic
2 entries- frumindóevrópskur adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- frumindóevrópska name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Interlingua
1 entries- proto-indoeuropeo name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Irish
3 entries- Próta-Ind-Eorpach adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- Próta-Ind-Eorpais name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- Próta-Ind-Eorpach noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Italian
1 entries- protoindoeuropeo name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Japanese
2 entries- インド・ヨーロッパ祖語 name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- 印欧祖語 name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Korean
2 entries- 원시인구어 name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- 인도유럽조어 name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Latin
2 entries- lingua indogermanica name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- lingua prisca indoeuropaea name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Lithuanian
3 entries- indoeuropiečių prokalbė name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- indoeuropietis noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
- indoeuropietė noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Macedonian
3 entries- праиндоевропски adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- праиндоевропски јазик name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- Праиндоевропе́ец noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Norwegian
1 entries- protoindoeuropeisk name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- urindoeuropeisk adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- urindoeuropeisk name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- urindoeuropeisk adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- urindoeuropeisk name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Persian
3 entries- نیا-هندواروپایی adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- نیاهندواروپایی name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- نیاهندواروپاییزبان noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Polish
4 entries- praindoeuropejski adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- język praindoeuropejski name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- Praindoeuropejczyk noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
- Praindoeuropejka noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Portuguese
2 entries- protoindo-europeu adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- protoindo-europeu name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Romanian
4 entries- proto-indoeuropean adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- stră-indoeuropean adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- limba proto-indo-europeană name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- stră-indoeuropeană name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Russian
3 entries- праиндоевропе́йский adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- праиндоевропе́йский язы́к name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- праиндоевропе́ец noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- proto-indo-europski name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Slovak
1 entries- praindoeurópčina name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Slovene
3 entries- praindoevropski adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- praindoevropščina name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- Praindoevropejec noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Spanish
3 entries- protoindoeuropeo adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- protoindoeuropeo name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- protoindoeuropeo noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Swedish
4 entries- protoindoeuropeisk adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- urindoeuropeisk adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- indoeuropeiska urspråket name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- protoindoeuropeiska name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Turkish
4 entries- Proto-Hint-Avrupa grubuna ait adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- Proto-Hint-Avrupa grubundan adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- Proto-Hint-Avrupaca name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- Proto-Hint-Avrupalı noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Ukrainian
4 entries- праіндоєвропе́йський adj (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it — see also Indo-European)
- праіндоєвропе́йська name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
- праіндоєвропе́йка noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
- праіндоєвропе́єць noun (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language)
Urdu
1 entries- اَوَّلِی ہِنْد یُورَپِی name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Welsh
1 entries- proto-indo-ewropeaidd name (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I would love to know what Proto-Indo-European sounded like.
Source: tatoeba (5903892)
It is the 15th of March of 2015, at a pizzeria on Lulu Island. Adil the Kazakh and I discuss the multilingual and multicultural landscape of South Asia, centuries ago, when there were many kingdoms in the region. Farsi was an elitist language, he says. His Kazakh is a Turkic language in Central Asia. I dutifully and gleefully inform him about PIE, Proto-Indo-European, the ancestral language of many Caucasoids today. The origin in theory is Southern Russia near the Black Sea, more than 6000 years ago. PIE was the great-great-grandfather of languages like Spanish, English, German, Welsh, Hindi, Greek, and many others today. Adil and I discuss about some modern humans who have genes from other species, like the Neanderthals and Denisovans. Scientists know that the brain size of the Neanderthal was bigger than the modern human's.
Source: tatoeba (10714043)
The word mother comes from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
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