English
Proto-Tungusic
From proto- + Tungusic.
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Hellenic *pró
Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’
Ancient Greek πρῶτος ‘first’
English proto-
Today it means
name A hypothetical ancestor language from which all of the Tungusic languages of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Russian Far East are thought to descend.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Tungusic