indoeiropietis

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Etymology

From Indija (India) +‎ eiropietis (European) (indo- is a nationality prefix corresponding to India), following the pattern of other similar formations in other European languages (cf. German Indoeuropäer, Russian индоевропе́ец (indojevropéjec), all tracing back to Sir Thomas Young's original English 1813 coinage Indo-European).

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Noun

indoeiropietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: indoeiropiete)

  1. (male) Indo-European (a member of the presumed Indo-European people; one of their present-day descendants)
    indoeiropieši Latvijāthe Indo-Europeans in Latvia
    šo vārdu indoeiropieši ir aizņēmuši no semītiemthis word the Indo-Europenas took from the Semites
    albāniski normāls indoeiropietis neko nevar saprasta normal Indo-European cannot understand anything in Albanian
  2. (genitive plural) Indo-European; pertaining to the Indo-Europeans and their language; pertaining to the present-day peoples and languages descended from Proto-Indo-European
    indoeiropiešu valodasIndo-European languages
    indoeiropiešu valodu saimeIndo-European language family
    indoeiropiešu pirmvalodaIndo-European protolanguage
    indoeiropiešu valodniecībaIndo-European linguistics
    indoeiropiešu tautasIndo-European peoples
    indoeiropiešu reliģijaIndo-European religion
    indoeiropiešu mitoloģijaIndo-European mythology
    indoeiropiešu kultūraIndo-European culture

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