Balto-Slavic

alternative dated uncommon Balto-Slavonic · alternative rare usually Slavo-Baltic · alternative BSl. · alternative BS. · alternative B.S. · alternative BS

1. not comparableOf or pertaining to both the Baltic and Slavic language families, which together constitute a branch or dialect group within the larger Indo-European family.

   Of the modern Balto-Slavic languages, Lithuanian is often regarded as the most conservative in morphology and phonology, followed closely by Latvian.

2. not comparableOf or pertaining to the (Proto-)Balto-Slavic language, the people who spoke it, or their culture.

alternative dated uncommon Balto-Slavonic · alternative rare usually Slavo-Baltic · alternative BSl. · alternative BS. · alternative B.S. · alternative BS

1. The Balto-Slavic language group as a whole.

   Having originated in a satem Indo-European dialect area, some innovations such as the ruki sound rule progressed over the history of Balto-Slavic, but did not fully "complete" outside of Slavic.

2. The Proto-Balto-Slavic language, i.e. the common development stage between the Proto-Indo-European and the later Baltic and Slavic languages.