Old Prussian

/oʊld ˌprʌʃən/
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Other forms: Old Prussians

Definitions of Old Prussian
  1. noun
    a dead language of the (non-German) Prussians (extinct after 1700); thought to belong to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
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    type of:
    Baltic, Baltic language
    a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
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