Proto-Baltic
E155103
Proto-Baltic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family, from which modern Baltic languages such as Lithuanian and Latvian developed.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Baltic canonical | 3 |
| Proto-Baltic language | 1 |
| Proto-Baltic-Finnic (in some classifications) | 1 |
| Proto-East Baltic | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1349895 — 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-Baltic Context triple: [Lithuanian, ancestor, Proto-Baltic]
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A.
Proto-Balto-Slavic 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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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Old Prussian language
Old Prussian was an extinct West Baltic language once spoken by the Old Prussians in the area of modern-day northeastern Poland, Kaliningrad, and parts of Lithuania.
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E.
Proto-Celtic
Proto-Celtic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Celtic languages, spoken in prehistoric times before their diversification into distinct branches such as Goidelic and Brythonic.
- 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-Baltic Target entity description: Proto-Baltic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family, from which modern Baltic languages such as Lithuanian and Latvian developed.
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A.
Proto-Balto-Slavic 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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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Old Prussian language
Old Prussian was an extinct West Baltic language once spoken by the Old Prussians in the area of modern-day northeastern Poland, Kaliningrad, and parts of Lithuania.
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E.
Proto-Celtic
Proto-Celtic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Celtic languages, spoken in prehistoric times before their diversification into distinct branches such as Goidelic and Brythonic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| attestedIn | reconstructed form only ⓘ |
| branchOf | Baltic branch of Indo-European ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Proto-Slavic language
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Slavic
|
| fieldOfStudy |
Baltic linguistics
ⓘ
Indo-European studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Balto-Slavic language
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Aukštaitian dialect
ⓘ
Curonian (extinct language) ⓘ Latgalian ⓘ Latvian ⓘ Lithuanian ⓘ Old Prussian language ⓘ
surface form:
Old Prussian
Samogitian language ⓘ
surface form:
Samogitian
Sudovian language ⓘ
surface form:
Selonian (extinct language)
Semigallian (extinct language) ⓘ Sudovian language ⓘ
surface form:
Sudovian (extinct language)
|
| hasFeature |
case system
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complex verbal aspect and tense ⓘ conservative Indo-European phonology ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ pitch accent or tonal distinctions ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
seven or more nominal cases (reconstructed)
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singular, dual, and plural number (reconstructed) ⓘ three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between long and short vowels
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preservation of PIE laryngeal effects in vowels ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Proto-Baltic
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-East Baltic
Western Baltic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-West Baltic
|
| hasSyntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| influenced | reconstruction of Proto-Balto-Slavic ⓘ |
| knownFrom | comparative evidence of daughter languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Indo-European language family ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Latvian
ⓘ
Lithuanian ⓘ Old Prussian ⓘ other Baltic languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Baltic region of northeastern Europe ⓘ |
| status |
extinct
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unattested ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Baltic languages ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
early 1st millennium BCE (approximate)
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late 2nd millennium BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Proto-Baltic Description of subject: Proto-Baltic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family, from which modern Baltic languages such as Lithuanian and Latvian developed.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Proto-Baltic-Finnic (in some classifications)
this entity surface form:
Proto-Baltic language
this entity surface form:
Proto-East Baltic