non-Indo-European

adjective

non-In·​do-Eu·​ro·​pe·​an ˌnän-ˌin-dō-ˌyu̇r-ə-ˈpē-ən 

1

: not of, relating to, or being Indo-Europeans

non-Indo-European populations

2

: not of, relating, to, or being the Indo-European languages

non-Indo-European loanwords

non-Indo-European noun

If a peripheral Indo-European tribe had a dustup with neighboring non-Indo-Europeans, it had to win on its own, more or less.

—Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1