Indo-Germanic

[ in-doh-jer-man-ik ]

adjective

1. Indo-European (no longer current).

Indo-Germanic

adjective

1. See Indo-European
   obsolete.
   another term for Indo-European

Word History and Origins

Origin of Indo-Germanic¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The Indo-Germanic races, on the other hand, have naturally inclined to colonization from early times on.

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Such an ordeal was very similar to the sword-oath, at least among Indo-Germanic peoples.

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This seems to have been the prevalent notion among Semitic as well as Indo-Germanic peoples.

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But it is closely related to a number of words, in various Indo-Germanic languages, of which the root-meaning is 'moisture'.

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In the Indo-Germanic languages no one can say what the meaning of the earliest suffixes was.

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