Indo-Uralic
Indo-Uralic adjective: of or relating to both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages; especially, of or pertaining to a proposed language family containing both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages.
Adjective
Indo-Uralic (comparative more Indo-Uralic, superlative most Indo-Uralic)
- Of or relating to both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages; especially, of or pertaining to a proposed language family containing both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages.
- Perhaps the most widely accepted proposal is of an Indo-Uralic family, encompassing PIE and Proto-Uralic.2007, Carlos Quiles, A Grammar of Modern Indo-European, Indo-European Association, →ISBN, page 38
Proper noun
Indo-Uralic
- The Indo-Uralic languages: a proposed language family containing both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages.
- Other proposals, further back in time (and correspondingly less accepted), model PIE as a branch of Indo-Uralic with a Caucasian substratum; […]2007, Carlos Quiles, A Grammar of Modern Indo-European, Indo-European Association, →ISBN, page 39
Forms of Indo-Uralic
| comparative | more Indo-Uralic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Indo-Uralic |
Origin of Indo-Uralic
From Indo- + Uralic.
Questions about Indo-Uralic
- What does Indo-Uralic mean?
- Indo-Uralic means of or relating to both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages; especially, of or pertaining to a proposed language family containing both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages.
- What part of speech is Indo-Uralic?
- Indo-Uralic can be an adjective or a proper noun.
Words near Indo-Uralic in the dictionary
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