Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proto-uralic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
pro-to-u-ral-ic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The ancestor language of the Uralic language family, usually written with the UPA-transcription system.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Uralic English Proto-Uralic From proto- + Uralic.

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Uralic terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Uralic terms

Questions

What does proto-uralic mean?
The ancestor language of the Uralic language family, usually written with the UPA-transcription system.
Where does proto-uralic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Uralic English Proto-Uralic From proto- + Uralic.

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