Indo-Europeans
Ancient migratory peoples
Indo-Europeans are the ancient peoples who spoke the ancestral language from which most European languages and many South Asian languages descend.
The term also refers to their modern linguistic descendants—speakers of English, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, Persian, Greek, and dozens of other related tongues.
As an adjective, Indo-European describes this language family or the cultures associated with it: Indo-European migrations, Indo-European roots.
Ancient Indo-Aryan language
- LatinAncient Roman language
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
Indo-Iranian · Hittite · Albanian · Armenian · Anatolian · Hellenic · Romance · Slavic
Spreading in many directions
- expansionIncrease in scope
- migrationsLarge-scale population movements
- nomadsUnsettled, roving people
- horsebackAtop a steed
tribes · settlements · routes · territories · waves · homeland · spread · colonization
Early metalworking civilization period
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- excavationAct of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
pottery · burial mounds · chariot · wheeled vehicles · pastoralism · cattle herding · copper · megalith
Reconstructed common ancestor tongue
- cognatesWords from common origin
- etymologyWord origin study
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
ablaut · inflection · declension · conjugation · morphology · phonology · syntax · lexicon
All gods of a religion
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- cosmogonyStudy of universal origins
- mythsTraditional untrue narratives
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
sacrifice · priests · epics · sagas · sacred fire · thunder god · cattle raid · mead
Inherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
bloodline · kinship · clan · tribe · genealogy · haplogroup · genetics · ancient DNA
Sanskrit
Ancient Indo-Aryan language
Celtic · Indo-Iranian · Hittite · Albanian · Armenian · Anatolian · Hellenic · Romance · Slavic · Baltic
dispersal
Spreading in many directions
- expansionIncrease in scope
- migrationsLarge-scale population movements
- nomadsUnsettled, roving people
horseback · tribes · settlements · routes · territories · waves · homeland · spread · colonization · diaspora
Bronze Age
Early metalworking civilization period
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- excavationAct of unearthing
artifacts · pottery · burial mounds · chariot · wheeled vehicles · pastoralism · cattle herding · copper · megalith · Pontic steppe
proto-language
Reconstructed common ancestor tongue
reconstruction · ablaut · inflection · declension · conjugation · morphology · phonology · syntax · lexicon · diachronic
pantheon
All gods of a religion
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- cosmogonyStudy of universal origins
- mythsTraditional untrue narratives
rituals · sacrifice · priests · epics · sagas · sacred fire · thunder god · cattle raid · mead · immortality
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
progenitors · bloodline · kinship · clan · tribe · genealogy · haplogroup · genetics · ancient DNA · paternal lineage
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- Bronze Agebronze swords, bronze, bronze tools, bronze jewelry, bronze dagger
Indo-European, European, Europeans, Europe, India, Indian, Indians