Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indo-european

2 senses of indo-european

Sense 1
Aryan, Indo-European -- (a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European)
       => primitive, primitive person -- (a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization)

Sense 2
Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite -- (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)
       => natural language, tongue -- (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)

Similarity of adj indo-european

2 senses of indo-european

Sense 1
Indo-European, Indo-Germanic -- (of or relating to the Indo-European language family)

Sense 2
Indo-European, Indo-Aryan, Aryan -- (of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-European migrations")