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German
Etymology
From vor- (“pre-”) + einzelsprachlich (“of individual languages”).
Adjective
voreinzelsprachlich (strong nominative masculine singular voreinzelsprachlicher, not comparable)
- (relational) pertaining to (the time of) a proto-language before its division into individual languages
- Synonym: grundsprachlich
2003, Europa Vasconica - Europa Semitica, →ISBN, page 400:Deshalb halten die Autoren denn auch eine ursprüngliche Form *k̑as-dʰunā für weniger wahrscheinlich und leiten den Namen lieber mit einer gleichfalls unbezeugten Suffixform ab, *k̑asdʰo-dʰunā 'grauweißer [sic‚ s.o.] Fluß', wobei sie freilich annehmen, daß dieses Gebilde „über haplologische Vereinfachung“ noch voreinzelsprachlich zu *k̑as-dʰunā wurde (1996: 392).- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Voreinzelsprachlich typically implies the time towards the end of linguistic unity (unlike grundsprachlich).
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