Indo-European family

Proto-Hellenic

c. 2,200 BCE – 1,500 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Hellenic (c. 2,200 BCE – 1,500 BCE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 8 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Hellenic.

See Proto-Hellenic on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of all Hellenic varieties. Distinct from PIE by the early-mid Bronze Age, prior to the Mycenaean Greek period.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2,200 BCE – 1,500 BCE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 10

Also descended from Proto-Indo-European.

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