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Indo-European en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɪndəʊˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən/

Etymology

Coined by English polymath Thomas Young in 1813, from Indo- + European, relating to the geographical extremes in India and Europe (which was valid before the discovery of Tocharian languages in the early 20th century).

Meanings

1. Of or relating to the family of languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
   • Of the great Indo-European family of languages the general principal was also that of one name for each individual[…] 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xi:
2. Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.
3. Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread early Indo-European languages.
   • As there is no evidence for Indo-European apiculture, we have to reckon with foreign origin for κηρός […]. 2010, Robert S. P. Beekes, “κηρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 690:
4. (broadly, uncommon) Of or relating to persons of mixed European and Indian or Indonesian ancestry.

Forms

Relateds

Aryan

Synonyms

PIE · Proto-Indo-European

Translations (83)

ka ინდოგერმანული (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · eo hindeŭropa (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · ka ინდო-ევროპული (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · he הודו־אירופי (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ka ინდოევროპული (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · de indoeuropäisch (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · lv indoeiropeisks (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · la Indo-Europaeus (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · hy հնդեվրոպական (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · ka ინდოგერმანული (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · nn urindoeuropeisk (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · nn indoeuropeisk (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · ga Ind-Eorpaise (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ca indoeuropeu (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · pl indoeuropejski (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · da indoeuropæisk (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · sv indoeuropeisk (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · la indogermanicus (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · ga Ind-Eorpaise (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · ga Ind-Eorpach (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · is indóevrópskur (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · lv indoeiropeisks (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · fa هندواروپایی (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · lv indoeiropiešu (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · fi indoeurooppalainen (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · sv urindoeuropeisk (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · sv indoeuropeisk (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · hi हिंद-यूरोपीय (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ka ინდოგერმანული (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · de indogermanisch (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · hy հնդեվրոպական (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · is indóevrópskur (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · ja インドヨーロッパ (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ca indoeuropeu (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · de indogermanisch (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · fr indoeuropéen (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · fr indoeuropéen (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ga Ind-Eorpach (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · fi indoeurooppalainen (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · hi भारोपीय (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · lv indoeiropeisks (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · gl indoeuropeo (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ka ინდოევროპული (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · ka ინდოევროპული (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · it indoeuropeo (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · nn indoeuropeisk (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · fo indoevropeiskur (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · ka ინდო-გერმანული (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · lv indoeiropiešu (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · de urindogermanisch (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · el ινδοευρωπαϊκός (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · sv indoeuropeisk (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ca indoeuropeu (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · fi indoeurooppalainen (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · is indóevrópskur (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · de indoeuropäisch (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · pt indo-europeu (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · de indoeuropäisch (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ru индоевропе́йский (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · kk үндіеуропалық (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · fo indoevropeiskur (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ko 인도유럽의 (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · eo hindeŭropa (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · pt indo-europeu (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · nl Indo-Europees (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · pl indoeuropejski (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · pt indo-europeu (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · hy հնդեվրոպական (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · nb urindoeuropeisk (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · ar هِنْدِيّ-أُورُوبِيّ (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · pl indoeuropejski (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · es indoeuropeo (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · de indogermanisch (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · hi भारत-यूरोपीय (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · ga Ind-Eorpach (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · nb indoeuropeisk (of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages) · lv indoeiropiešu (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · tr Hint-Avrupa (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · hu indoeurópai (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · fr indoeuropéen (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European) · nb indoeuropeisk (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · cmn 印歐 /印欧 (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) · fo indoevropeiskur (of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — see also Proto-Indo-European)

Indo-European en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɪndəʊˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən/

Etymology

Coined by English polymath Thomas Young in 1813, from Indo- + European, relating to the geographical extremes in India and Europe (which was valid before the discovery of Tocharian languages in the early 20th century).

Meanings

1. A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Indo-European and thus to have been the ancestor for most of India and Western Eurasia.
   • Two theories of the origins of the Indo-Europeans currently compete. M. Gimbutas believes that early Indo-Europeans entered southeastern Europe from the Pontic Steppes starting ca. 4500 B.C. and spread from there. C. Renfrew equates early Indo-Europeans with early farmers who entered southeastern Europe from Asia Minor ca. 7000 BC and spread through the continent. 1992, R.R. Sokal, N.L. Oden, B.A. Thomson, “Origins of the Indo-Europeans: genetic evidence”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 89, →DOI, →PMID:
   • Thus, although at least one term for ‘alder’ can be reconstructed to PIE, the wide distribution of this tree prevents it from being diagnostic of the earlier location of the Indo-Europeans. 1997, J. P. Mallory, Douglas Q. Adams, “ALDER”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, →ISBN, page 12:
2. A speaker of any Indo-European language (though especially an ancient one), or a member of an Indo-European culture, who is regarded as a continuation of the Proto-Indo-Europeans in terms of language, ancestry, or cultural affinity.
   • We Indo-Europeans are crazy about three! We see the world as earth, sky, water. We see things as having a beginning, a middle, and an end. Do you want a third example? Sure you do—you're Indo-European! 2015 December 18, Mark Damen, “The Indo-European Dual”, in TEDxUSU (video):
   • To the same direction points a recent revelation made by Professor Henning who identifies the Gutians or Kutians and Tukres of the ancient Near East that occur in the cuneiform inscriptions of the end of the 3rd millennium B.C. with historical Kuchi-Tocharians, this being the earliest appearance of the Indo-Europeans in history (cf. W. Henning, the first Indo-Europeans in history, "Society and History." […]). 1988, Thomas V. Gamkrelidze, “On the problem of an Asiatic original homeland of the Proto-Indo-Europeans”, in T.L. Markey and John A.C. Greppin, editors, When Worlds Collide: The Indo-Europeans and the Pre-Indo-Europeans, Ann Arbor: Karoma Publishers, Inc., published 1990, →ISBN, page 6:
3. (rare) A European living in India or the Indies.
   • The sale of looted items persisted for a month, and quick profits were made by burghers and Indo-Europeans. 2020, Sujit Sivasandaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 236:
4. (broadly, uncommon) A person of mixed European and Indian or Indonesian ancestry.

Forms

Synonyms

Proto-Indo-European

Translations (37)

pl Indoeuropejczyk (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · id Rumpun bahasa Indo-Eropa (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · hu indogermán (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · fi indoeurooppalainen (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ro indo-european (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · sv indoeuropé (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ru индоевропе́йка (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ka ინდოევროპელი (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · de Indogermane (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · de Indogermanin (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · lv indoeiropietis (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · hy հնդեվրոպացի (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · uk індоєвропе́йка (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · fo indoevropeari (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ja インド・ヨーロッパ語族 (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · hu indoeurópai (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · lv indoeiropiete (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · de Indoeuropäer (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · id Rumpun bahasa India-Eropa (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ms Bahasa Indo-Eropah (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ga Ind-Eorpach (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · fr indo-européen (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · de Indoeuropäerin (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ka ინდო-ევროპელი (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · uk індоєвропе́єць (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ru индоевропе́ец (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ur ہند یورپی (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · da indoeuropæisk (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · hi हिन्द-यूरोपीय (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ca indoeuropeu (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · ca indoeuropea (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · pl Indoeuropejka (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · kmr hîndûewropî (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · he הודו־אירופי (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · hi भारोपीय (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · gl indoeuropeo (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group) · pt indo-europeu (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group)

Indo-European en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɪndəʊˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən/

Etymology

Coined by English polymath Thomas Young in 1813, from Indo- + European, relating to the geographical extremes in India and Europe (which was valid before the discovery of Tocharian languages in the early 20th century).

Meanings

1. A major language family which includes many of the native languages of Europe, Western Asia and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches.
2. Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.

Forms

Deriveds

Proto-Indo-European · non-Indo-European · Indo-Europeanist · Indo-Europeanism · pre-Indo-European

Relateds

PIE

Synonyms

Indo-Germanic

Translations (25)

ka პროტოინდოევროპული ენა (proto-language) · ka წინარეინდოევროპული (proto-language) · de Indogermanisch (language family) · fa هندواروپایی (language family) · ka ინდოევროპული (language family) · ka პროტოინდოევროპული (proto-language) · nl Indo-Europees (language family) · de Urindogermanisch (proto-language) · ja インド・ヨーロッパ語族 (language family) · ka ინდოევროპული ენები (language family) · hi भारोपीय (language family) · ur اَوَّلِی ہِنْد یُورَپِی (proto-language) · hi आदिम-भारोपीय (proto-language) · pl języki indoeuropejskie (language family) · pl język indoeuropejski (proto-language) · de Indogermanisch (proto-language) · ar هِنْدُوأُورُوبِّيَّة (language family) · hi आदिम-हिन्द-यूरोपीय (proto-language) · fr indo-européen (proto-language) · ur ہِنْد یُورَپِی (language family) · ka წინარეინდოევროპული ენა (proto-language) · ca indoeuropeu (proto-language) · no Indoeuropeisk (proto-language) · cy Indo-Ewropeg (proto-language) · hi हिन्द-यूरोपीय (language family)