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Webster 1913 Edition
Indo-Germanic
Inˊdo-Ger-man′ic
,Adj.
[
Indo-
+ Germanic
.] 1.
Same as
Aryan
, and Indo-European
. 2.
Pertaining to or denoting the Teutonic family of languages as related to the Sanskrit, or derived from the ancient Aryan language.
Definition 2024
Indo-Germanic
Indo-Germanic
English
Proper noun
Indo-Germanic
- (dated, linguistics) Indo-European (major language family)
- (dated, linguistics) Proto-Indo-European (hypothetical language)
Adjective
Indo-Germanic (not comparable)
- (dated, linguistics) Indo-European
References
- 1 2 Winfred P. Lehmann, Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (2013, ISBN 1136902163), page 67: "Since the Germanic family is located farthest to the north and west, many scholars, especially in Germany, label the family Indo-Germanic by the designation proposed in 1810 by Conrad Malte-Brun."
- ↑ The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European (2006, ISBN 0191058122)