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Proto-Indo-European

Speech parts

1. Proto-Indo-European - Noun

2. Proto-Indo-European - Adjective

3. Proto-Indo-European - Proper noun

Meaning

a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

Proto-Indo European

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Etymology The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old English word brycg, of the same meaning. citation The word can be traced directly back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēw-. Source: Internet

Both derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *wlq w os/*luk w os. citation Taxonomy and evolution Taxonomy Canis lupus was recorded by Carl Linnaeus in his publication Systema Naturae in 1758. Source: Internet

Classical Sanskrit word dharmas would formally match with Latin o-stem firmus from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s "holding", were it not for its historical development from earlier Rigvedic n-stem. Source: Internet

Cognates also do not need to have obviously similar forms, e.g. English father, French père, and Armenian հայր (hayr) all descend directly from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Source: Internet

Czech and Polish oko, Ukrainian око (óko)) are related to this form in that all three descend from Proto-Indo-European *okʷ. Source: Internet

Demeter's character as mother-goddess is identified in the second element of her name meter ( μήτηρ main) derived from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (mother). Source: Internet

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