proto-yeniseian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Yeniseian languages spoken in central Siberia.
Uncountable
adj
Of or pertaining to the Proto-Yeniseian language, or the people who spoke it.
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 Yenisei Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Yeniseian English Proto-Yeniseian From proto- + Yeniseian.