Indo-European

• Indoeuropean
• IE, IE. (abbreviations)

Coined by Thomas Young in 1813, from Indo- +‎ European, relating to the geographical extremes in India and Europe (which was valid before the discovery of Tocharian languages in the early 20th century).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndəʊˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən/

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Indo-European

1. A major language family which includes many of the native languages of Europe, Western Asia and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches.
2. Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.

• Indo-Germanic (now uncommon)

• Indo-Europeanism
• Indo-Europeanist
• pre-Indo-European
• Proto-Indo-European

• PIE

• Category:Terms derived from Indo-European languages

• ISO 639-5 code ine

Indo-European (plural Indo-Europeans)

1. 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.
2. (rare) A European living in India or the Indies.
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasandaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 236:

     The sale of looted items persisted for a month, and quick profits were made by burghers and Indo-Europeans.

3. (loosely, uncommon) A person of mixed European and Indian ancestry.

Indo-European (comparative more Indo-European, superlative most Indo-European)

1. Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
2. Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
3. Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European languages.
4. (loosely, uncommon) Of or relating to persons of mixed European and Indian ancestry.

• Indo-European on Wikipedia.Wikipedia