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Phrases 194
- Proto-Indo-EuropeanThe reconstructed ancestor language or protolanguage of the Indo-European family of languages, which includes most European, Iranian, and Indian languages.
- Proto-SlavicA hypothetical, reconstructed language whence all the Slavic languages later descended.
- Proto-GermanicHypothetical prehistoric ancestor language of all Germanic languages, including English; a descendant of Proto-Indo-European.
- proto-languageA language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages in order to deduce the form and aspects of a common ancestor language that is no longer known.
- Proto-Indo-IranianThe hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Indo-Aryan languages, the Iranian languages, the Dardic languages and the Nuristani languages.
- Proto-ItalicHypothetical prehistoric Indo-European language, ancestor of all Italic languages.
- Proto-KartvelianThe reconstructed ancestor of the Kartvelian languages.
- Proto-NorseAn Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia and ancestral to Old Norse that evolved from Proto-Germanic over the first centuries AD.
- Proto-CelticThe putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages.
- Proto-BalticThe reconstructed ancestor of the Baltic languages, descended from Proto-Balto-Slavic.
- Proto-TurkicA hypothetical proto-language from which Old Turkic and all the other Turkic languages later emerged.
- Proto-YeniseianThe hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Yeniseian languages spoken in central Siberia.
- Proto-PolynesianThe hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of most Polynesian languages.
- Proto-ArmenianThe reconstructed ancestor of the Armenian language.
- Proto-DravidianThe hypothetical, ancestral proto-language from which the Dravidian languages are descended.
- Proto-JaponicThe hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages.
- Proto-MayanThe hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language of all Mayan languages.
- Proto-AltaicThe hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Altaic languages, the existence of which is now often rejected.
- Proto-IranianThe hypothetical proto-language reconstructed by comparative method, from which all the Iranian languages descended.
- Proto-UralicThe ancestor language of the Uralic language family, usually written with the UPA-transcription system.
- Proto-Balto-SlavicThe hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Baltic and Slavic languages, descending from Proto-Indo-European.
- Proto-KoreanicA hypothetical proto-language from which Korean, Jeju, Baekje, and all the other Koreanic languages and varieties later emerged.
- Proto-AlbanianThe hypothetical proto-language that is the progenitor of modern day Albanian.
- Proto-Sino-TibetanThe original language, or rather, cluster of dialects, from which descended the Sino-Tibetan family of languages.
- Proto-Indo-AryanThe reconstructed proto-language —having descended from Proto-Indo-Iranian— that is the immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan.
Compound words 506
- prototypeAn original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
- protonA positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.
- protiumThe lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons: 11H. It is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons.
- protoplanetaryOf or pertaining to a protoplanet.
- protostarA collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.
- protostellarOf or pertaining to a protostar.
- protomatterThe ultimate basis of physical substance, before it has been given form.
- protanopiaA form of color blindness. Involves a defect in distinguishing between red and green.
- protomoleculeA collection of unstably bound atoms that has the potential to form a molecule if the structure can shed sufficient energy.
- protofascistShowing the beginnings of fascism.