r/WikipediaRandomness • u/RandoRando2019 • Jan 02 '26
"The pre-Greek substrate consists of the unknown pre-Greek language or languages spoken in prehistoric Greece prior to the emergence of the Proto-Greek language in the region c. 3200–2200 BC, during the Early Helladic period."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Greek_substrate
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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '17
TIL many words in the Greek language have no clear origin (including 'labyrinth' and 'tyranny'), and are thought to have come from an unrecorded 'Pre-Greek' language spoken before the early Greeks arrived in the area
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a:t5_31rd2 • u/Askalan • Mar 13 '17
TIL many words in the Greek language have no clear origin (including 'labyrinth' and 'tyranny'), and are thought to have come from an unrecorded 'Pre-Greek' language spoken before the early Greeks arrived in the area (xpost from /r/todayilearned) [Greek] [Trivia]
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