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Schleicherian

Schleicherian adjective: of or relating to August Schleicher (1821–1868), German linguist who attempted to reconstruct the Proto-Indo-European language.

Adjective

Schleicherian (comparative more Schleicherian, superlative most Schleicherian)

  1. Of or relating to August Schleicher (1821–1868), German linguist who attempted to reconstruct the Proto-Indo-European language.

Forms of Schleicherian

comparativemore Schleicherian
superlativemost Schleicherian

Origin of Schleicherian

From Schleicher + -ian.

Questions about Schleicherian

What does Schleicherian mean?
Schleicherian means of or relating to August Schleicher (1821–1868), German linguist who attempted to reconstruct the Proto-Indo-European language.
What part of speech is Schleicherian?
Schleicherian is an adjective.

Words near Schleicherian in the dictionary

  1. Schlegelian
  2. schlegelite
  3. Schlei
  4. Schleicher
  5. Schleicher County
  6. Schleicherian
  7. Schleichers
  8. Schleif
  9. Schleifer
  10. Schleifers
  11. Schleifs

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