Proto-Baltic

Proper noun

Meaning

Proto-Baltic

The reconstructed ancestor of the Baltic languages, descended from Proto-Balto-Slavic.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The traditional view is that the Balto-Slavic languages split into two branches, Baltic and Slavic, with each branch developing as a single common language (Proto-Baltic and Proto-Slavic) for some time afterwards. Source: Internet

This would imply that Proto-Baltic, the last common ancestor of all Baltic languages, would be identical to Proto-Balto-Slavic itself, rather than distinct from it. Source: Internet

Place names featuring *ner- or *nar- are wide-ranging over the vast Proto-Baltic homeland, occupying western Russia before the Slavs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Proto-Austric Proto-Austroasiatic Proto-Austronesian Proto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Bantu proto-Britain