Indo-European language vs Proto-Indo European language

Proto-Indo European language vs Indo-European language

Indo-European language and Proto-Indo European language both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Indo-European language	Yes	No	No	No
Proto-Indo European language	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Proto-Indo European language is a hyponym of Indo-European language; that is, Proto-Indo European language is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Indo-European language:

Indo-European language: the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
Proto-Indo European language: a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages

Other hyponyms of Indo-European language include PIE, Proto-Indo European, Albanian, Albanian language, Armenian, Armenian language, Illyrian, Thraco-Phrygian, Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic, Germanic, Germanic language, Celtic, Celtic language, Italic, Italic language, Tocharian, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language, Anatolian, Anatolian language, Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language, Centum language.

Indo-European language (noun)	Proto-Indo European language (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

Difference between Indo-European language and Proto-Indo European language

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