Proto-Iranian

Proto-Iranian
1. noun
a) The hypothetical proto-language reconstructed by comparative method, from which all the Iranian languages descended.
b) Speaker of Proto-Iranian language.
Of or pertaining to Proto-Iranian language or people who spoke it.

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