Protogreek
Protogreek is the alternative form of Proto-Greek.
Meaning of Proto-Greek
Noun
Proto-Greek (uncountable)
- The earliest form of the Greek language, the common ancestor of the Greek dialects, including Mycenaean and the classical Greek dialects.
- Up to the moment the speakers of Proto-Greek enter the south Balkan peninsula, they belong to Indo-Europeanists, who use other IE-language texts to determine what they brought with them.2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 7
- Synonyms:
- protohellenic
Questions about Protogreek
- What is Protogreek the alternative form of?
- Protogreek is the alternative form of Proto-Greek.
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