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Indo-Europeanist

Indo-Europeanist noun: a scientist (usually a linguist or anthropologist) engaged in Indo-European studies.

Noun

Indo-Europeanist (plural Indo-Europeanists)

  1. (Indo-European-studies) A scientist (usually a linguist or anthropologist) engaged in Indo-European studies.
    • The Nostratic hypothesis was postulated for the first time by the Danish Indo-Europeanist, Holger Pedersen, at the beginning of the 20th century. Today we suppose a Nostratic origin for Afroasiatic (Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Omotic), with perhaps a rather independent position...1992, Václav Blazek, Who are you, homo sapiens sapiens?, page 139
    • It had been assumed that the two series merged by the time of Common Balto-Slavic until the Indo-Europeanist Werner Winter proposed in the 1970s that the distinction had persisted for longer, at least between *dh and *d.2004, Benjamin W. Fortson, Indo-European Language and Culture, page 365

Examples of Indo-Europeanist in a sentence

  • The Nostratic hypothesis was postulated for the first time by the Danish Indo-Europeanist, Holger Pedersen, at the beginning of the 20th century.1992, Václav Blazek, Who are you, homo sapiens sapiens?, page 139:
  • Cypria fr. 1 has long played a role in another comparative project: Indo-Europeanists have noted its resonances with a very different poem.2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The...

Forms of Indo-Europeanist

pluralIndo-Europeanists
alternative formIndoeuropeanist

Origin of Indo-Europeanist

From Indo-European + -ist.

Questions about Indo-Europeanist

What does Indo-Europeanist mean?
Indo-Europeanist means a scientist (usually a linguist or anthropologist) engaged in Indo-European studies.
How do you use Indo-Europeanist in a sentence?
The Nostratic hypothesis was postulated for the first time by the Danish Indo-Europeanist, Holger Pedersen, at the beginning of the 20th century.
What part of speech is Indo-Europeanist?
Indo-Europeanist is a noun.
What is the plural of Indo-Europeanist?
The plural of Indo-Europeanist is Indo-Europeanists.

Words near Indo-Europeanist in the dictionary

  1. Indo-China
  2. Indo-Chinese
  3. Indo-European
  4. Indo-European studies
  5. Indo-Europeanism
  6. Indo-Europeanist
  7. Indo-Europeanists
  8. Indo-Europeanization
  9. Indo-Europeans
  10. Indo-Gangetic
  11. Indo-Germanic

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