Pre-Greek

English

Etymology

Calque of German Vorgriechische.[1] By surface analysis, pre- +‎ Greek.

Proper noun

Pre-Greek

  1. a hypothetical language (or languages) conjectured to have been spoken in prehistoric Greece before the arrival of Proto-Greek speakers, and used to explain the large number of non-Indo-European words found in Ancient Greek.

Adjective

Pre-Greek

  1. Of or relating to such language or its speakers.
    Alternative form: pre-Greek
    Pre-Greek substrate

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References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
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