1. a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages. 
   一种古老的无记载的语言是所有印-欧语系的祖先。
2. In Scandinavia the North Germanic tribes spoke a language we now call Old Norse, the ancestor of the modern Scandinavian languages. 
   在斯堪的纳维亚，北部的日耳曼各部落讲一种我们现在所称的古斯堪的纳维亚语，它是斯堪的纳维亚各种现代语言的母体语。
3. `proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages. 
   ‘proto’在‘protolanguage（原始母语）’中是构词成分，意即另一种语言或者语言群的假设起源。
4. An earlier form of a word in the same language or in an ancestor language. For example, Indo-European.duwo and Old English tw are etymons of Modern English two. 
   词的原形在同一语言中和在祖系语言中一个词的原始形式。例如，印欧语中的duwo和古英语中的twa都是现代英语中two的原形词
5. A forefather; an ancestor. 
   祖宗；远祖

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