Etymograph

English

Nostratic

Nostratic comes from German nostras ‘our fellow-countrymen’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentnostras‘our fellow-countrymen’
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentnostratisch
  3. EnglishtodayNostratic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentnostras‘our fellow-countrymen’
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentnostratisch
  3. EnglishtodayNostratic

Every English word from German nostras

Today it means

name A conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afroasiatic languages, and less commonly including the Aegean and Ainu languages as well.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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