Indo-Hittite

American

[in-doh-hit-ahyt] / ˈɪn doʊˈhɪt aɪt /

noun

a language family in which Proto-Anatolian and Proto-Indo-European are considered coordinate.

Indo-Hittite British

noun

the Indo-European family of languages: used by scholars who regard Hittite not as a branch of Indo-European but as a related language

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Etymology

Origin of Indo-Hittite

First recorded in 1925–30

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