Pre-Greek

Speech parts

1. Pre-Greek - Adjective

2. Pre-Greek - Proper noun

Meaning

Pre-Greek

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.

Pre-Greek

Of or relating to such language or its speakers.
Alternative form: pre-Greek
Pre-Greek substrate

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Each name corresponds with the city's major historical phases: * Recion (to read Rekion), name appeared on the most ancient coins retrieved in Reggio. citation * Erythrà (Ερυθρά, "The Red One"), the pre-Greek settlement populated by the Italic people. Source: Internet

Etymology R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek proto-form *-kay-an-. Source: Internet

R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. Source: Internet

R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin of the name. Source: Internet

The Indo-European Controversy, Cambridge University Press, p. 193-195 Arbeitman, Yoël (2000), The Asia Minor Connexion: Studies on the Pre-Greek Languages in Memory of Charles Carter, Peeters Publishers. Source: Internet

Versnel considers it an invocation for divine help and manifestation, derived via an unknown pre-Greek language through Etruria and Greece. Source: Internet

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