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.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Indo-European canonical | 39 |
| Proto-Indo-European language | 14 |
| Indo-European proto-language | 2 |
| Late Proto-Indo-European | 1 |
| Proto-Indo-European languages | 1 |
| Proto-Indo-European morphology | 1 |
| Proto-Indo-European religion | 1 |
| Proto-Indo-Europeans | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T209956 — 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-Indo-European Context triple: [Proto-Celtic, subfamilyOf, Proto-Indo-European]
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A.
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.
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B.
Proto-Goidelic
Proto-Goidelic is the reconstructed early Celtic language stage that gave rise to the Goidelic branch, including Primitive Irish and later Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.
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C.
Indo-Europeans
Indo-Europeans were a Eurasian people speaking Indo-European languages whose migrations and cultural expansions gave rise to many of the major linguistic and ethnic groups across Europe and parts of Asia.
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D.
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
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E.
Indo-Iranian languages
Indo-Iranian languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes numerous related languages spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, and surrounding regions.
- 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-Indo-European Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
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B.
Proto-Goidelic
Proto-Goidelic is the reconstructed early Celtic language stage that gave rise to the Goidelic branch, including Primitive Irish and later Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.
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C.
Indo-Europeans
Indo-Europeans were a Eurasian people speaking Indo-European languages whose migrations and cultural expansions gave rise to many of the major linguistic and ethnic groups across Europe and parts of Asia.
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D.
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
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E.
Indo-Iranian languages
Indo-Iranian languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes numerous related languages spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, and surrounding regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ
surface form:
Old Church Slavonic
Old English ⓘ Old Irish ⓘ Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
Proto-Anatolian ⓘ Proto-Balto-Slavic language ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Proto-Celtic ⓘ Proto-Germanic ⓘ Proto-Greek ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Hellenic
Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Proto-Italic ⓘ Tocharian languages ⓘ
surface form:
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 language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
|
| proposedHomeland | Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Eurasia ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Copper Age
ⓘ
late Neolithic ⓘ |
| typology | fusional language ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Proto-Indo-European Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Proto-Indo-European language
this entity surface form:
Proto-Indo-European languages
this entity surface form:
Proto-Indo-European language
this entity surface form:
Proto-Indo-European language