Proto-Indo-European

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alternativeHomelandTheory gptkb:Balkans
gptkb:India
gptkb:Anatolia
gptkb:Armenian_Highlands
gptkbp:date 4500–2500 BCE
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Albanian
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Old_English
gptkb:Old_Irish
gptkb:Old_Church_Slavonic
gptkb:Tocharian
Armenian
Assyrian
all Indo-European languages
gptkbp:era Neolithic
gptkbp:extinct yes
gptkbp:glottologCode prot1241
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Proto-Indo-European
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ine-pro
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkbp:notableFeature free word order
eight cases
ablaut
three grammatical genders
complex inflection
laryngeal consonants
three numbers
verbal aspect
gptkbp:notableRoot *déḱm̥t (ten)
*h₁n̥gʷnis (fire)
*h₁rudʰrós (red)
*h₁éḱwos (horse)
*h₂stḗr (star)
*h₂ébōl (apple)
*h₂éwis (sheep)
*h₂éǵros (field)
*h₃ekʷos (horse)
*méh₂tēr (mother)
*ph₂tḗr (father)
*wódr̥ (water)
gptkbp:proposedHomeland gptkb:Pontic–Caspian_steppe
gptkbp:reconstructedVocabulary yes
gptkbp:region gptkb:Pontic–Caspian_steppe
gptkbp:restored gptkb:linguist
comparative method
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Eurasia
gptkbp:writingSystem none
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indo-European
gptkb:Indogermanisch
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4