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indicating the first or earliest or original; "`proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages
Proto-Afro-Asiatic
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Afro-Asiatic languages
Proto-Afro-Asiatic
A person who spoke the Proto-Afro-Asiatic language
Proto-Afro-Asiatic
Of or pertaining to the Proto-Afro-Asiatic language, or the people who spoke it
Proto-Algonquian
The posited proto-language of the Algonquian languages
Proto-Armenian
The prehistoric ancestor of the Armenian language
Proto-Balto-Slavic
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Baltic and Slavic languages, descending from Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Bantu
The hypothetical protolanguage of the Bantu languages
Proto-Canaanite alphabet
An abjad of twenty-plus acrophonic glyphs, found in Levantine texts of the Late Bronze Age (from ca. the 15th century BCE), by convention taken to last until a cut-off date of 1050 BCE, after which it is called Phoenician
Proto-Celtic
The putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages
Proto-Dravidian
The hypothetical, ancestral proto-language from which the Dravidian languages (which include Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam among others) are descended
Proto-Eskimo
Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Eskimo languages, including Yupik and Inuit
Proto-Finnic
A person who spoke the Proto-Finnic language
Proto-Finnic
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of the Baltic-Finnic languages. Usually written with the UPA-transcription system
Proto-Finno-Ugric
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Finnic and Ugric languages. Usually written with the UPA-transcription system
Proto-Finno-Ugric
A person who spoke the Proto-Finno-Ugric language
Proto-Germanic
Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English
Proto-Greek
The earliest form of the Greek language, the common ancestor of the Greek dialects, including Mycenean and the classical Greek dialects, spoken by the ancestors of the Greeks even before they settled in Greece around 2000 BC
Proto-Indo-European
A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-European
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of most European and Indian languages
Proto-Indo-European
Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Iranian language, or the people who spoke it
Proto-Indo-Iranian
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Indo-Aryan languages, the Iranian languages, the Dardic languages and the Nuristani languages
Proto-Indo-Iranian
A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Iranian language
Proto-Iranian
Speaker of Proto-Iranian language
Proto-Iranian
The hypothetical proto-language reconstructed by comparative method, from which all the Iranian languages descended
Proto-Iranian
Of or pertaining to Proto-Iranian language or people who spoke it
Proto-Japonic
Of or related to the Proto-Japonic language

a Proto-Japonic word.

Proto-Japonic
The hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
A proposed common ancestor to the group of Malayo-Polynesian languages
Proto-Mon-Khmer
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of the Mon-Khmer language group, which includes Khmer and Vietnamese
Proto-Norse
An Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia that is thought to have evolved from Proto-Germanic over the first centuries AD
Proto-Oceanic
A proposed common ancestor to the group of Oceanic languages
Proto-Polynesian
A person who spoke the Proto-Polynesian language
Proto-Polynesian
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of most Polynesian languages
Proto-Polynesian
Of or pertaining to the Proto-Polynesian language, or the people who spoke it
Proto-Romance
Form of Vulgar Latin immediately preceding diffusion into separate old forms of Romance (eg. Old French, Old Spanish, Old Italian, etc.). Also referred to as Common Romance
Proto-Semitic
The hypothetical protolanguage of Semitic languages
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
The original language, or rather, cluster of dialects, from which descend the Sino-Tibetan family of languages, to include Tibeto-Burman group and the various Chinese languages; the exact phylogenetic relationships remain subject to scholarly debate
Proto-Slavic
Of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it
Proto-Slavic
An undocumented hypothetical language from which all the Slavic languages later emerged
Proto-Turkic
A hypothetical proto-language from which Old Turkic and all the other Turkic languages later emerged
Proto-Uralic
The ancestor language of the Uralic language family, usually written with the UPA-transcription system
Proto-Vietic
the unattested, reconstructed common ancestor of the Vietic languages, including Vietnamese and Mường
Proto-Yeniseian
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Yeniseian languages spoken in central Siberia
Proto-Yeniseian
A person who spoke the Proto-Yeniseian language
Proto-Yeniseian
Of or pertaining to the Proto-Yeniseian language, or the people who spoke it
proto
Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something
proto-
first
proto-
Used to form the name of the hypothetical ancestor of a family of languages

Proto-Indo-European is the ancestor of the Indo-European languages.

proto-language
A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages to try to deduce what a common ancestor language, no longer known, would have been like
proto-oncogene
A gene, that promotes the specialization and division of normal cells, that becomes an oncogene following mutation
Proto-Indo-European
(Dilbilim) 1. (noun) The reconstructed language that was the ancestor of the Indo-European languages.2. (adj.) Of, relating to, or being Proto-Indo-European or one of its reconstructed linguistic features
proto-germanic
(Dilbilim) The reconstructed prehistoric ancestor of the Germanic languages
Proto-Geometric style
Visual art style of ancient Greece that signaled the reawakening of technical proficiency and conscious creative spirit after the collapse of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, around the 12th century BC. The vocabulary of the style was limited to circles, arcs, triangles, and wavy lines, all derived from Minoan-Mycenaean representations of aquatic and plant life. On pottery, these design elements were carefully placed in horizontal bands, mainly at a vase's shoulder or belly. Its lower portion was usually either left plain or painted in a solid glossy black pigment inherited from Bronze Age artists
proto
pref. first, primordial, earliest (in time); original; first (in a series)
proto
indicating a precondition or an early stage of development of certain features (e g Protothionic)
proto
When used with a language name, it designates a reconstructed language rather than an attested one e g , Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Germanic, etc
proto
Also used adjectively
proto
A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan
proto
indicating the first or earliest or original; "`proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages"
proto
Sometimes used as equivalent to mono-, as indicating that the compound has but one atom of the element to the name of which it is prefixed
proto
Denoting the first or lowest of a series, or the one having the smallest amount of the element to the name of which it is prefixed; as protoxide, protochloride, etc
proto
Prefix meaning early
proto
Term indicating the principal supervisor of the artisans and workmen
proto-
Proto- is used to form adjectives and nouns which indicate that something is in the early stages of its development. the proto-fascist tendencies of some of its supporters. Albion, whose own legend stretches back to the mists of proto-history. existing or coming before other things of the same type
proto-indo european
a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
proto-norse
the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700
proto-oncogene
a normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene
Turkish - English

Definition of proto(a) in Turkish English dictionary

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