Indo-Germanic

American  

[in-doh-jer-man-ik] / ˈɪn doʊ dʒərˈmæn ɪk /

adjective

1. Indo-European (no longer current).

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Indo-Germanic British  

adjective

1. obsolete another term for Indo-European

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Etymology

Origin of Indo-Germanic

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Veit, a suburb of Vienna, on an oolitic cliff, a terraced settlement of an early Indo-Germanic tribe, dated at perhaps 2500 B. C., was discovered by an expedition directed by Professor Joseph Bayer.

From Time Magazine Archive

These social grades seem to have been in existence even before the separation of the two Asiatic branches of the Indo-Germanic race, the Āryans of Iran and India.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

All mythical belief in gods of the Indo-Germanic peoples seems to have arisen out of a poetical view and dramatic personification of the powers of nature.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

Indo-European, in′dō-ū-rō-pē′an, adj. a term applied to the family of languages variously called Aryan, Japhetic, Sanscritic, Indo-Germanic, generally classified into seven great branches—viz.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Like the word Indo-Germanic, it made pretensions to exactitude which were only partially justified.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir