Proto-Indo-European

Proto-Indo-European (often abbreviated PIE) may refer to:Proto-Indo-European language, the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages.Proto-Indo-Europeans, the hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language.
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The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Although the existence of such a language has been accepted by linguists for a long time, there has been debate about many specific details. Using the method of Internal reconstruction an earlier stage, called Pre-Indo-European, has been proposed.
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