Languages
Explore how Proto-Indo-Anatolian may have split into Anatolian languages like Hittite and the later Indo-European branches such as Greek, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, and Balto-Slavic.
Living Fossils of Proto-Indo-European
These are words people use constantly today. Tap a 5,000-year-old root word and watch it branch into its living descendants across the family.
Trace a Word Through Time
Type an everyday word and watch it travel back to its ~5,000-year-old Proto-Indo-European root — then descend through Proto-Germanic, Proto-Italic, Proto-Indo-Iranian and the rest, all the way to the words people speak today from Hindi to Gaelic.
Indo-Anatolian Family Tree
Tap any box to collapse or expand its branches.
Other Language Families of the World
Indo-European is just one of many. Tap a family to see where it is spoken, roughly how many people speak it, and some of its major languages.
Ask About Languages
Curious about a sound change, a language family, or where a word comes from? Ask away — an AI language guide will answer.
Reconstructed Word Comparisons
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