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Pre-Greek
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English
+ substrate
Etymology
en de Vorgriechisch.1 en pre- Greek.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Pre-Greek.wav US
Proper noun
Pre-Greek
A hypothetical language (or languages) conjectured to have been spoken in prehistoric Greece before the arrival of Proto-Greek speakers, and used to explain the large number of non-Indo-European words found in Ancient Greek.
Translations
hypothetical substrate language
Greek: el προελληνικά n-p
Adjective
- Pre-Greek
Of or relating to such a language or its speakers.
en pre-Greek
en Pre-Greek substrate
Translations
relating to this substrate
Finnish: fi esikreikkalainen
German: de vorgriechisch
Greek: el προελληνικός
Italian: linguistics it pregreco, historical it preellenico
Polish: pl substrat przedgrecki m
References
en Ancient Greece Greek Languages