Indo-Germanic

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== English == === Etymology === Coined by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun in 1810 (as langues indo-germaniques) and popularized in German (as indogermanisch/Indogermanisch), especially following J. Klaproth's 1823 Asia polyglotta. At the time the term was coined, the Celtic languages were not yet considered Indo-European, and the Tocharian languages were not yet discovered; even after the inclusion of Celtic, Germanic remains the northwesternmost family (thanks to Icelandic). By surface analysis, Indo- +‎ Germanic. === Proper noun === Indo-Germanic (dated, Indo-European studies) Indo-European (a major language family) (dated, Indo-European studies) Proto-Indo-European (a hypothetical language) (Indo-European studies) Pre-Germanic Proto-Indo-European. === Adjective === Indo-Germanic (not comparable) (dated, Indo-European studies) Indo-European. === References ===