Proto-Indo-European
noun/ˌprəʊtəʊ ˌɪndəʊ ˌjʊərəˈpiːən/
/ˌprəʊtəʊ ˌɪndəʊ ˌjʊrəˈpiːən/
[uncountable]- the ancient language on which all Indo-European languages are thought to be based. There are no written records of Proto-Indo-European, but experts have tried to construct it from the evidence of modern languages.Topics Languagec2
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