Indo-Germanic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Indo-Germanic
First recorded in 1825–35
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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
Professor Benfey of Gottingen, a great authority on the subject, considers that the word was created by one of the early Indo-Germanic races.
From Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions by G. F. Rodwell
He further maintained that the origin of the Indo-Germanic language is to be sought not in Asia but in central Germany.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
In nearly all the Indo-Germanic tongues, the family names, father, mother, brother, sister, daughter, are the same respectively.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
The dental ending was doubtless an Indo-Germanic suffix, which became completely specialized only in the Teutonic languages.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith
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