English Dictionary

Proto-Indo-European

/ˌpɹəʊ̯təʊ̯ˌɪndə(ʊ̯)ˌjʊə̯ɹəˈpiːən/

name

(linguistics, uncountable) The reconstructed ancestor language or protolanguage of the Indo-European family of languages, which includes most European, Iranian, and Indian languages.

Proto-Indo-European is the reconstructed name of the hypothetical ancestor language of the Indo-European language family.

意味（1）

(linguistics, uncountable) The reconstructed ancestor language or protolanguage of the Indo-European family of languages, which includes most European, Iranian, and Indian languages.

The word mother comes from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.