Question

The best designation given to the parent language is

• A. Aryan
• B. Indo- Germanic
• C. Indo- European
• D. Primitive Germanic

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Indo- European

The term Indo-European refers to the hypothetical common ancestor of a large family of languages spoken across Europe and parts of Asia, including Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Germanic languages, and many others.

• Aryan was historically used but is now considered outdated and imprecise.

• Indo-Germanic is an older term, mostly used in German scholarship, but less common today.

• Primitive Germanic refers specifically to the early stage of the Germanic branch, not the parent language of all these families.