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Definition of Proto-Indo European
1. Noun. A prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proto-Indo European
Literary usage of Proto-Indo European
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russian Orthodox Church Of Alaska And The Aleutian Islands And Its Relation by Vyacheslav Ivanov (1998)
"... a fundamental rein- terpretation of proto Indo-European phonology that yields
a novel new interpretation of the place of origin and migrational patterns ..."
2. Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment: Transactions, APS by Isidore Dyen (2007)
"... the meaning of 'Proto-Indo-European of Northeastern Europe in its last phase.'
It is the residue of Proto-Indo- European, the remainder left after all ..."
3. On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe (1992)
"... Proto-Indo-European (PEE). But it is seems clear that all the English words
beginning with /b/ listed above entered the language after the PIE period. ..."
4. On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe (1992)
"... Proto-Indo-European (PIE). But it is seems clear that all the English words
beginning with /b/ listed above entered the language after the PIE period. ..."
5. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"... from two neighboring IE dialects which still remained in contact during the
final stages of the disintegration of the Proto-Indo-European unity. ..."
6. Charis: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr by Sara Anderson Immerwahr, Anne Proctor Chapin (2004)
"The following abbreviations are used in this investigation: IE = Indo-European;
PIE = Proto-Indo-European; PA = Proto- Anatolian. ..."
7. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1914)
"... not exist in Semitic, but is built up upon a false theory of the origin of
the pronouns. Its existence in proto Indo-European is even more doubtful, ..."
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