Definition of Indo-Germanic in US English:
Indo-Germanic
noun & adjectiveˌindōjərˈmanikˌɪndoʊdʒərˈmænɪk
former term for Indo-European
Example sentencesExamples
- Might this be an Indo-Germanic rebuttal of Orwellian Newspeak?
- The terms Indo-European and the older Indo-Germanic and Indo-Celtic aptly described the spread of the language families from India to Britain and Iceland.
- Oriya and Assamese language are contemporary, have their roots in the eastern Magadhi group of the Indo-Germanic family.
- To Lenormant, Egyptians were ‘Japetic,’ while Courtet found them Indo-Germanic or Indo-Semitic, in any case ‘Arian.’