Nostraticn.adj.

Brit.

/nɒsˈtratɪk/, U.S.

/nɔsˈtrædɪk/,

/nɑstˈrædɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nostrāt- , nostrās , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin nostrāt-, nostrās of our country (see Nostratian adj.) + -ic suffix. Compare Danish nostratisk (see Nostratian adj.). Compare earlier Nostratian adj.

Linguistics.

A. n.

A hypothetical language superfamily or phylum including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, and other families; the hypothetical proto-language from which this superfamily evolved.

ΚΠ

1966 M. Pei Gloss. Ling. Terminol. at Japhetic A hypothetical language family claimed to include North Caucasian, South Caucasian, Sumerian, Elamite, Asianic, Basque, Etruscan, etc... Synonyms: Alarodian, Nostratic.

1973 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 46 The term Nostratic is defined by the words in brackets following the title of the book, ‘Semito-Hamitic, Kartvelian, Indo-European, Uralian, Dravidian, Altaic’.

1988 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 33 81 We need both grammar and lexicon for the positing of any proto-language, in this case Nostratic.

1995 Focus Aug. 49/4 Composed of the proto-languages Uralic, Afro-Asiatic, Altaic and Indo-European, Nostratic is one giant limb on the proverbial language tree.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating this language superfamily or proto-language.

ΚΠ

1966 B. Collinder in H. Birnbaum & J. Puhvel Anc. Indo-European Dial. 199 Holger Pedersen used to speak about a ‘nostratic’ family of languages, comprising Indo-European, Semitic-Egyptian-Hamitic, Uralic, Altaic, Yukagir, and Eskimo.

1991 Sci. Amer. Apr. 71 (caption) Some Soviet linguists group the family with six others in the controversial Nostratic superfamily.

1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 30/3 There are no words for domesticated animals among the 1,600 or so Nostratic words claimed to be identified.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nostratic
释义	Nostraticn.adj. Brit. /nɒsˈtratɪk/, U.S. /nɔsˈtrædɪk/, /nɑstˈrædɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nostrāt- , nostrās , -ic suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin nostrāt-, nostrās of our country (see Nostratian adj.) + -ic suffix. Compare Danish nostratisk (see Nostratian adj.). Compare earlier Nostratian adj. Linguistics. A. n. A hypothetical language superfamily or phylum including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, and other families; the hypothetical proto-language from which this superfamily evolved. ΚΠ 1966 M. Pei Gloss. Ling. Terminol. at Japhetic A hypothetical language family claimed to include North Caucasian, South Caucasian, Sumerian, Elamite, Asianic, Basque, Etruscan, etc... Synonyms: Alarodian, Nostratic. 1973 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 46 The term Nostratic is defined by the words in brackets following the title of the book, ‘Semito-Hamitic, Kartvelian, Indo-European, Uralian, Dravidian, Altaic’. 1988 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 33 81 We need both grammar and lexicon for the positing of any proto-language, in this case Nostratic. 1995 Focus Aug. 49/4 Composed of the proto-languages Uralic, Afro-Asiatic, Altaic and Indo-European, Nostratic is one giant limb on the proverbial language tree. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating this language superfamily or proto-language. ΚΠ 1966 B. Collinder in H. Birnbaum & J. Puhvel Anc. Indo-European Dial. 199 Holger Pedersen used to speak about a ‘nostratic’ family of languages, comprising Indo-European, Semitic-Egyptian-Hamitic, Uralic, Altaic, Yukagir, and Eskimo. 1991 Sci. Amer. Apr. 71 (caption) Some Soviet linguists group the family with six others in the controversial Nostratic superfamily. 1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 30/3 There are no words for domesticated animals among the 1,600 or so Nostratic words claimed to be identified. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1966
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