ProtoIndoeuroopa
Proto-Indo-European, or ProtoIndoeuroopa, is the hypothesized reconstructed ancestor of the Indo-European language family. It is not attested in any surviving texts; knowledge about it comes from the comparative method, which identifies regular correspondences among descendant languages such as Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Persian, the Slavic languages, Baltic languages, the Germanic tongues, and extinct branches like Hittite.
Scholars typically place PIE in the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age, roughly 4500–2500 BCE, though dates
Phonology and grammar: PIE is reconstructed as a highly inflected language with extensive nominal and verbal
A core PIE lexicon yields terms for kinship, body parts, natural elements, and basic actions, providing the