indoeiropietis

From Indija (“India”) +‎ eiropietis (“European”) (indo- is a nationality prefix corresponding to India), following the pattern of other similar formations in other European languages (cf. German Indoeuropäer, Russian индоевропе́ец (indojevropéjec), all tracing back to Sir Thomas Young's original English 1813 coinage Indo-European).

indoeiropietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: indoeiropiete)

1. (male) Indo-European (a member of the presumed Indo-European people; one of their present-day descendants)

   indoeiropieši Latvijā ― the Indo-Europeans in Latvia

   šo vārdu indoeiropieši ir aizņēmuši no semītiem ― this word the Indo-Europenas took from the Semites

   albāniski normāls indoeiropietis neko nevar saprast ― a normal Indo-European cannot understand anything in Albanian

2. (genitive plural) Indo-European; pertaining to the Indo-Europeans and their language; pertaining to the present-day peoples and languages descended from Proto-Indo-European

   indoeiropiešu valodas ― Indo-European languages

   indoeiropiešu valodu saime ― Indo-European language family

   indoeiropiešu pirmvaloda ― Indo-European protolanguage

   indoeiropiešu valodniecība ― Indo-European linguistics

   indoeiropiešu tautas ― Indo-European peoples

   indoeiropiešu reliģija ― Indo-European religion

   indoeiropiešu mitoloģija ― Indo-European mythology

   indoeiropiešu kultūra ― Indo-European culture

• indoeiropeisks
• Eiropa, eiropietis, eiropiete, eiropeisks, eiropejisks
• Indija, indietis, indiete, indisks