Indo-European

Indo-European

See also: Indoeuropean

English

Alternative forms

• Indoeuropean
• IE, IE. (abbreviations)

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Young in 1813, from Indo- +‎ European, relating to the geographical extremes in India and Europe (which was valid before the discovery of Tocharian languages in the early 20th century).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndəʊˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən/

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Proper noun

Indo-European

1. A major language family which includes many of the native languages of Europe, Western Asia and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches.
2. Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.

Synonyms

• Indo-Germanic (now uncommon)

Derived terms

• Indo-Europeanism
• Indo-Europeanist
• pre-Indo-European
• Proto-Indo-European

Related terms

• PIE

Translations

language family

German: Indogermanisch (de) n

proto-language

German: Indogermanisch (de) n, Urindogermanisch (de) n

See also

• Category:Terms derived from Indo-European languages

Further reading

• ISO 639-5 code ine

Noun

Indo-European (plural Indo-Europeans)

1. A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Indo-European and thus to have been the ancestor for most of India and Western Eurasia.
2. (rare) A European living in India or the Indies.
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasandaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 236:

     The sale of looted items persisted for a month, and quick profits were made by burghers and Indo-Europeans.

3. (loosely, uncommon) A person of mixed European and Indian ancestry.

Translations

member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group

Armenian: հնդեվրոպացի (hndevropacʿi) Catalan: indoeuropeu (ca) m, indoeuropea (ca) f Danish: indoeuropæisk (da) Faroese: indoevropeari m Finnish: indoeurooppalainen (fi) French: indo-européen (fr) Galician: indoeuropeo m Georgian: ინდოევროპელი (indoevroṗeli), ინდო-ევროპელი (indo-evroṗeli) German: Indogermane (de) m, Indoeuropäer m; (female) Indogermanin f, Indoeuropäerin f Hebrew: הודו-אירופי‎ Hungarian: indogermán, indoeurópai (hu) Indonesian: Rumpun bahasa Indo-Eropa, Rumpun bahasa India-Eropa Irish: Ind-Eorpach m Japanese: インド・ヨーロッパ語族 (ja) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hîndûewropî (ku) Latvian: indoeiropietis m, indoeiropiete f Malay: Bahasa Indo-Eropah Polish: Indoeuropejczyk (pl) m pers Portuguese: indo-europeu (pt) m Romanian: indo-european (ro) Russian: индоевропе́ец (ru) m (indojevropéjec), индоевропе́йка f (indojevropéjka) Swedish: indoeuropé (sv) c Ukrainian: індоєвропе́єць m (indojevropéjecʹ), індоєвропе́йка f (indojevropéjka) Urdu: ہند یورپی‎ (hind yorapī)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Hindi: (please verify) भारोपीय (bhāropīya) Persian: (please verify) هندواروپایی‎ (fa) (hendu-orupâyi)

Adjective

Indo-European (comparative more Indo-European, superlative most Indo-European)

1. Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
2. Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
3. Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European languages.
4. (loosely, uncommon) Of or relating to persons of mixed European and Indian ancestry.

Translations

of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia

Arabic: هِنْدِيّ-أُورُوبِيّ‎ (hindiyy-ʾurūbiyy) Armenian: հնդեվրոպական (hy) (hndevropakan) Catalan: indoeuropeu (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 印歐／印欧 (zh) (Yìn-Ōu) Danish: indoeuropæisk (da) Dutch: Indo-Europees (nl) Faroese: indoevropeiskur Finnish: indoeurooppalainen (fi) French: indoeuropéen (fr) m Galician: indoeuropeo m Georgian: ინდოევროპული (indoevroṗuli), ინდო-ევროპული (indo-evroṗuli), ინდოგერმანული (indogermanuli), ინდო-გერმანული (indo-germanuli) German: indogermanisch (de), indoeuropäisch (de) Greek: ινδοευρωπαϊκός (el) (indoevropaïkós) Hebrew: הודו־אירופי‎ Hindi: भारत-यूरोपीय (bhārat-yūropīya), भारोपीय (bhāropīya), हिंद-यूरोपीय (hind-yūropīya) Icelandic: indóevrópskur Irish: Ind-Eorpach, Ind-Eorpaise Italian: indoeuropeo (it) m Japanese: インドヨーロッパ (Indoyōroppa) Kazakh: үндіеуропалық (ündıeuropalyq) Korean: 인도유럽의 (Indoyureob-ui) Latin: Indo-Europaeus m Latvian: indoeiropiešu, indoeiropeisks Navajo: Naakáí dootłʼizhí dóó Bééshbichʼahii dabizaad ndahalinígíí Norwegian: Bokmål: indoeuropeisk Nynorsk: indoeuropeisk Persian: هندواروپایی‎ (fa) Polish: indoeuropejski (pl) Portuguese: indo-europeu (pt) Russian: индоевропе́йский (ru) (indojevropéjskij) Spanish: indoeuropeo (es) Swedish: indoeuropeisk (sv) Turkish: Hint-Avrupa

of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — See also translations at Proto-Indo-European

Armenian: հնդեվրոպական (hy) (hndevropakan) Catalan: indoeuropeu (ca) Esperanto: hindeŭropa (eo) Faroese: indoevropeiskur Finnish: indoeurooppalainen (fi) French: indoeuropéen (fr) m Georgian: ინდოევროპული (indoevroṗuli) (ენა), ინდოგერმანული (indogermanuli) (ენა) German: indogermanisch (de), urindogermanisch, indoeuropäisch (de) Icelandic: indóevrópskur Irish: Ind-Eorpach, Ind-Eorpaise Latin: indogermanicus Latvian: indoeiropiešu, indoeiropeisks Navajo: Indo-Eudopaa bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: urindoeuropeisk (no) Nynorsk: urindoeuropeisk Portuguese: indo-europeu (pt) Swedish: indoeuropeisk (sv), urindoeuropeisk (sv)

of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages

Armenian: հնդեվրոպական (hy) (hndevropakan) Catalan: indoeuropeu (ca) Esperanto: hindeŭropa (eo) Faroese: indoevropeiskur Finnish: indoeurooppalainen (fi) French: indoeuropéen (fr) Georgian: ინდოევროპული (indoevroṗuli), ინდოგერმანული (indogermanuli) German: indogermanisch (de), indoeuropäisch (de) Icelandic: indóevrópskur Irish: Ind-Eorpach Latvian: indoeiropiešu, indoeiropeisks Norwegian: Bokmål: indoeuropeisk Nynorsk: indoeuropeisk Portuguese: indo-europeu (pt) Swedish: indoeuropeisk (sv)

Further reading

• Indo-European on Wikipedia.Wikipedia