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Of or pertaining to both the Baltic and Slavic language families, which together constitute a branch or dialect group within the larger Indo-European family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Of the modern Balto-Slavic languages, Lithuanian is often regarded as the most conservative in morphology and phonology, followed closely by Latvian.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Of or pertaining to the (Proto-)Balto-Slavic language, the people who spoke it, or their culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The Balto-Slavic language group as a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Having originated in a satem Indo-European dialect area, some innovations such as the ruki sound rule progressed over the history of Balto-Slavic, but did not fully "complete" outside of Slavic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The Proto-Balto-Slavic language, i.e. the common development stage between the Proto-Indo-European and the later Baltic and Slavic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
Narrower terms: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language, Baltic, Baltic language
Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *bálˀtasbor.? Germanicbor.? Medieval Latin Balthae plbf. ▲ Latin Balthaeder. Latin Balticusbor. English Balticbf. English Balt Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Balto- substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Medieval Latin Sclāvusbor. Middle English Sclave English Slav Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Slavic English Balto-Slavic From Balto- + Slavic.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
բալթիկ-սլավոնական
(baltʻik-slavonakan)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Belarusian:
ба́лта-славя́нскі
(bálta-slavjánski)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Bulgarian:
ба́лто-славя́нски
(bálto-slavjánski)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Chinese Mandarin:
波羅的-斯拉夫 /波罗的-斯拉夫
(bōluódì-sīlāfū)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Czech:
baltoslovanský
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Dutch:
Balto-Slavisch
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Estonian:
baltislaavi
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Finnish:
baltoslaavilainen
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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French:
balto-slave
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Georgian:
ბალტო-სლავური
(balṭo-slavuri)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Georgian:
ბალტოსლავური
(balṭoslavuri)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Georgian:
ბალტურ-სლავური
(balṭur-slavuri)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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German:
baltoslawisch
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Hungarian:
balti-szláv
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Italian:
balto-slave
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Japanese:
バルト・スラヴ
(baruto-suravu)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Korean:
발트슬라브
(balteuseullabeu)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Latvian:
baltu-slāvu
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Lithuanian:
baltų-slavų
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Macedonian:
балтословенски
(baltoslovenski)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Polish:
bałtosłowiański
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Portuguese:
balto-eslávico
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Romanian:
balto-slav
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Russian:
ба́лто-славя́нский
(bálto-slavjánskij)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Slovak:
baltoslovanský
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Spanish:
baltoeslavo
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
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Ukrainian:
ба́лто-слов'я́нський
(bálto-slovʺjánsʹkyj)
— of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture
