Proto-Balto-Slavic language

E132968

Indo-European language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Balto-Slavic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family, from which all Baltic and Slavic languages are derived.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Proto-Balto-Slavic	5
Proto-Balto-Slavic language canonical	2
Common Balto-Slavic	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1148706 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Proto-Balto-Slavic language
Context triple: [Balto-Slavic languages, hasProtoLanguage, Proto-Balto-Slavic language]

A. Proto-Slavic language
Proto-Slavic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of all modern Slavic languages, spoken by early Slavic peoples before their linguistic diversification.
B. Balto-Slavic languages
The Balto-Slavic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes the Baltic and Slavic languages, such as Russian, Polish, and Lithuanian.
C. Proto-Indo-Iranian language
Proto-Indo-Iranian is the reconstructed prehistoric language from which all Indo-Iranian languages, including the Iranian and Indo-Aryan branches, are descended.
D. Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European is the reconstructed common ancestor of the vast Indo-European language family, from which many ancient and modern languages of Europe and Asia are derived.
E. Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Proto-Balto-Slavic language
Target entity description: Proto-Balto-Slavic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family, from which all Baltic and Slavic languages are derived.

A. Proto-Slavic language
Proto-Slavic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of all modern Slavic languages, spoken by early Slavic peoples before their linguistic diversification.
B. Balto-Slavic languages
The Balto-Slavic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes the Baltic and Slavic languages, such as Russian, Polish, and Lithuanian.
C. Proto-Indo-Iranian language
Proto-Indo-Iranian is the reconstructed prehistoric language from which all Indo-Iranian languages, including the Iranian and Indo-Aryan branches, are descended.
D. Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European is the reconstructed common ancestor of the vast Indo-European language family, from which many ancient and modern languages of Europe and Asia are derived.
E. Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European language ⓘ proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ
ancestorOf	Baltic languages ⓘ Proto-Baltic ⓘ surface form: Proto-Baltic language Proto-Slavic language ⓘ Slavic languages ⓘ
developedFrom	Proto-Indo-European language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Proto-Balto-Slavic language ⓘ surface form: Common Balto-Slavic Proto-Balto-Slavic language ⓘ surface form: Proto-Balto-Slavic
hasDescendant	Belarusian language ⓘ Bulgarian language ⓘ Czech language ⓘ Latvian language ⓘ Lithuanian ⓘ surface form: Lithuanian language Macedonian ⓘ surface form: Macedonian language Old Church Slavonic language ⓘ Old Prussian language ⓘ Polish language ⓘ Russian language ⓘ Serbo-Croatian ⓘ surface form: Serbo-Croatian language Slovak language ⓘ Slovene ⓘ surface form: Slovene language Ukrainian language ⓘ
hasFeature	ablaut system ⓘ complex consonant clusters ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ noun cases ⓘ palatalization contrasts ⓘ pitch accent ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ verb aspect distinctions ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	complex verb conjugation system ⓘ dual number ⓘ
hasPhonologicalChange	merger of certain laryngeals ⓘ ruki rule ⓘ satəm shift ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	no direct attestation ⓘ
partOf	Indo-European language family ⓘ
reconstructedFrom	Baltic languages ⓘ Slavic languages ⓘ comparative method ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith	Proto-Indo-European language ⓘ Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
spokenIn	Northeastern Europe (reconstructed homeland) ⓘ
studiedIn	Indo-European studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ
timePeriod	3rd to 2nd millennium BCE (approximate, reconstructed) ⓘ late Proto-Indo-European era ⓘ

How these facts were elicited