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Indo-European vs PIE

PIE vs Indo-European

Indo-European and PIE both are nouns.

Indo-European is an adjective but PIE is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Indo-European Yes Yes No No
PIE Yes No No No
As nouns, PIE is a hyponym of Indo-European; that is, PIE is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Indo-European:
  • Indo-European: the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
  • PIE: a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
Indo-European (noun) PIE (noun)
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
Indo-European (adjective) PIE (adjective)
of or relating to the former Indo-European people
of or relating to the Indo-European language family
Difference between Indo-European and PIE

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