Definition of Indo-iuropean
Indo-European, an epithet applied to a family of the human race with
the languages of its several members descended from the Aryans, and found
dispersed over an area including the better part of India and Europe.
- Wikipedia
In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an. A member of one of the Caucasian
races of Europe or India speaking an Indo-European language.
Professor Otto Schrader . . . considers that the oldest
probable domicile of the Indo-Europeans is to be sought for on
the common borderland of Asia and of Europe, -- in the steppe country
of southern Russia. Census of India, 1901.
In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an (?), a. Aryan; -
- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from
the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or
nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or
Aryan family.
The common origin of the Indo-European
nations. Tylor.
In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an. A member of one of the Caucasian
races of Europe or India speaking an Indo-European language.
Professor Otto Schrader . . . considers that the oldest
probable domicile of the Indo-Europeans is to be sought for on
the common borderland of Asia and of Europe, -- in the steppe country
of southern Russia. Census of India, 1901.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A major language family which includes many of the languages between Europe and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches.
- The hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
- A member of the original group hypothesized to have spoken PIE and thus to have been the ancestor for most of Western Eurasia.
- Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
- Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
- Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European tongues.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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