Definition of indo-european Indo-european

/ɪˌndowjʊˌɹʌpiˈʌn/ - [indowyurupeeun] - In•do•Eu•ro•pe•an

We found 12 definitions of indo-european from 6 different sources.

What does indo-european mean?

WordNet

Noun
indo-european - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
		Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
		natural language, tongue a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
		proto-indo european, pie a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
		albanian the Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania
		armenian language, armenian a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written
		illyrian a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast
		thraco-phrygian an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian
		balto-slavic, balto-slavic language, balto-slavonic a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages
		germanic, germanic language a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
		celtic, celtic language a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era
		italic language, italic a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
		tocharian a branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D.
		indo-iranian, indo-iranian language the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups
		anatolian, anatolian language an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European
indo-european - a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
		Aryan, Indo-European
		primitive person, primitive a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
Adjective
indo-european - of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-European migrations"
		Indo-Aryan, Aryan
indo-european - of or relating to the Indo-European language family
		Indo-Germanic

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Wiktionary

indo-european (Noun)
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.
indo-european (Adjective)
Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
indo-european (Adjective)
Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
indo-european (Adjective)
Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European languages.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

indo-european (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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

indo-european
A major language family which includes many of the languages between Europe and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

indo-european
in′dō-ū-rō-pē′an, adj. a term applied to the family of languages variously called Aryan, Japhetic, Sanscritic, Indo-Germanic, generally classified into seven great branches—viz. Indic, Iranian or Persic, Celtic, Greek, Italic, Slavo-Lettic, Teutonic

Wikipedia

Indo-European refers to culture and language from western-India, Khalistan Pakistan, Afghanistan and Europe. Languages from these places share a common heritage. For example, Sanskrit was an early Indo-European language.