This article contains characters used to write reconstructed Proto-Indo-European words (for an explanation of the notation, see Proto-Indo-European phonology). Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode combining characters and Latin characters.

Morphology. The basic structure of Proto-Indo-European nouns and adjectives was the same as that of PIE verbs.A lexical word (as would appear in a dictionary) was formed by adding a suffix (S) onto a root (R) to form a stem.The word was then inflected by adding an ending (E) to the stem.. The root indicates a basic concept, often a verb (e.g. *deh₃-'give'), while the stem carries …

Sep 10, 2020 · This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested , but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Aug 15, 2020 · This is a Swadesh list of words in Proto-Indo-European, compared with that of English.. Presentation [] For further information, including the full final version of the list, read the Wikipedia article: Swadesh list. American linguist Morris Swadesh believed that languages changed at measurable rates and that these could be determined even for languages without …