Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Indo-Germanic en · ADJ
Etymology
Coined by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun in 1810 (as langues indo-germaniques) and popularized in German (as indogermanisch/Indogermanisch), especially following J. Klaproth's 1823 Asia polyglotta. At the time the term was coined, the Celtic languages were not yet considered Indo-European, and the Tocharian languages were not yet discovered; even after the inclusion of Celtic, Germanic remains the northwesternmost family (thanks to Icelandic). By surface analysis, Indo- + Germanic.
Meanings
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(Indo-European-studies, dated, not-comparable) Indo-European.
wikipedia: Julius Klaproth
Indo-Germanic en · PROPN
Etymology
Coined by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun in 1810 (as langues indo-germaniques) and popularized in German (as indogermanisch/Indogermanisch), especially following J. Klaproth's 1823 Asia polyglotta. At the time the term was coined, the Celtic languages were not yet considered Indo-European, and the Tocharian languages were not yet discovered; even after the inclusion of Celtic, Germanic remains the northwesternmost family (thanks to Icelandic). By surface analysis, Indo- + Germanic.
Meanings
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(Indo-European-studies, dated) Indo-European (a major language family)
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(Indo-European-studies, dated) Proto-Indo-European (a hypothetical language)
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(Indo-European-studies) Pre-Germanic Proto-Indo-European.
wikipedia: Julius Klaproth