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proethnic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /pɹəʊˈɛθ.nɪk/ (UK)
  • /pɹoʊˈɛθ.nɪk/ (US)

Etymology

From pro- + ethnic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) of or pertaining to the period prior to the split of the Proto-Indo-European language into the Indo-European language family
    • The original meaning of the root is 'put'; but, from the proethnic period, a secondary development in the line ('set,' 'establish,' and so) 'make,' 'do,' is clear. 1888, Charles Rockwell Lanman, A Sanskrit reader: With Vocabulary and Notes, Ginn and Company, page 175:
    • Since νς + consonant lost its y in proethnic Greek (77.2), the same would be true of final νς in close combination with a following word beginning with a consonant. 1910, Carl Darling Buck, Introduction to the study of the Greek dialects; grammar, selected inscriptions, glossary, Ginn and Company, page 63: