Proto-Indo-European
E29856
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.
Aliases (6)
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European language
→
proto-language → reconstructed language → |
| alternativeName |
Common Indo-European
→
PIE → |
| approximateDates |
3rd millennium BCE
→
4th millennium BCE → |
| attested |
no
→
|
| fieldOfStudy |
Indo-European studies
→
historical linguistics → |
| hasCase |
ablative
→
accusative → dative → genitive → instrumental → locative → nominative → |
| hasDescendant |
Ancient Greek
→
English → French → German → Latin → Old Church Slavonic → Old English → Old Irish → Persian → Proto-Anatolian → Proto-Balto-Slavic → Proto-Celtic → Proto-Germanic → Proto-Hellenic → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Italic → Proto-Tocharian → Russian → Sanskrit → Spanish → |
| hasGender |
feminine
→
masculine → neuter → |
| hasLexeme |
kw h ter (meaning "four")
→
m h ter (meaning "mother") → ph t r (meaning "father") → |
| hasMorphology |
rich inflectional morphology
→
|
| hasNumber |
dual
→
plural → singular → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ablaut
→
laryngeal consonants → |
| hasWordOrder |
flexible
→
|
| homelandHypothesis |
Kurgan hypothesis
→
|
| influenced |
reconstruction of other proto-languages
→
|
| knownFrom |
linguistic reconstruction
→
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-European
→
|
| proposedHomeland |
Pontic–Caspian steppe
→
|
| reconstructedBy |
comparative method
→
|
| spokenIn |
Eurasia
→
|
| timePeriod |
Copper Age
→
late Neolithic → |
| typology |
fusional language
→
|
| writingSystem |
none
→
|