Indo-European

Entertainment / Literature / Indo-European: The hypothetically reconstructed language that was the ancient ancestor of most European, Middle-Eastern, and Indian languages, including English. Some scholars prefer to use the noun-term proto-Indo-European to refer to this hypothetical language and use the adjective Indo-European in reference to those languages that descend from proto-Indo-European.
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Proto-Indo-European

Entertainment / Literature / Proto-Indo-European: The reconstructed ancestor of all Indo-European languages. Many scholars use this term interchangeably with Indo-European. MORE

Asterisk

Entertainment / Literature / Asterisk: A typographical symbol (*) that linguists use to show a hypothetical, abnormal, or nonoccurring form. For instance, *dwo is a hypothetical reconstruction of the Indo-European word for two. It probably MORE

Germanic

Entertainment / Literature / Germanic: The northern branch of Indo-European, often subdivided into (1) East Germanic or Gothic, (2) West Germanic, and (3) North Germanic. Old Norse fits in the North Germanic sub-branch while Old English fa MORE