Customize - Urban Dictionary Store

Pro Customization

Create unique products with your own words and definitions

Preview

Personalize Your Design

Your Word

Your Definition

The mother of all present-day european languages. Originated in India.   Indo-European Language Subfamilies:  * Indo-Iranian (Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Persian) * Hellenic (Greek) * Armenian (Western Armenian, Eastern Armenian) * Balto-Slavic (Russian, Polish, Czech, Lithuanian) * Albanian (Gheg, Tosk) * Celtic (Irish Gaelic, Welsh) * Italic (Latin, Spanish, Italian, French) * Germanic (German, English, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian) * Anatolian (extinct) (Hittite) * Tocharian (extinct) (Tocharian A, Tocharian B)  Language Similarities:  * Indo-European voiceless stops (p, t, k) became Germanic voiceless fricatives (f, th, h):  o Indo-European pœter, Germanic (English) father (contrast with non-Germanic: Latin pater)  o Indo-European treyes, Germanic (English) three (contrast with non-Germanic: Latin tres)  o Indo-European kerd, Germanic (English) heart, (compare with non-Germanic: Latin cord)  * Indo-European voiced stops (b, d, g) became Germanic voiceless stops (p, t, k):  o Indo-European abel, Germanic (English) apple (contrast with non-Germanic: Russian jabloko)  o Indo-European dent, Germanic (English) tooth (contrast with non-Germanic: Latin dentis)  o Indo-European grœno, Germanic (English) corn (contrast with non-Germanic: Latin granum)  * voiced aspirated stops(bh, dh, gh) to voiced stops (b, d, g):  o Indo-European bhrater, Germanic (English) brother (contrast with non-Germanic: Latin frater)

Text fits