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Pre-Greek en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of German Vorgriechisch. By surface analysis, pre- + Greek.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to such a language or its speakers.
   • Pre-Greek substrate

Relateds

pre-Greek

Translations (6)

pl substrat przedgrecki (relating to this substrate) · it pregreco (relating to this substrate) · el προελληνικός (relating to this substrate) · it preellenico (relating to this substrate) · fi esikreikkalainen (relating to this substrate) · de vorgriechisch (relating to this substrate)

Pre-Greek en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of German Vorgriechisch. By surface analysis, pre- + Greek.

Meanings

1. A hypothetical language (or languages) conjectured to have been spoken in prehistoric Greece before the arrival of Proto-Greek speakers, and used to explain the large number of non-Indo-European words found in Ancient Greek.

Translations (1)

el προελληνικά (hypothetical substrate language)