created sense approved 历史比较语言学/歷史比較語言學 · lìshǐbǐjiàoyǔyánxué · historical-comparative linguistics — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
历史比较语言学 / 歷史比較語言學
lìshǐbǐjiàoyǔyánxué
historical-comparative linguistics
a branch of linguistics that studies how languages change over time and the relationships between related languages; it uses comparative methods to reconstruct ancestral forms and establish family trees
历史 (literal) → 历史/歷史 · lìshǐ · history 比较语言学 (literal) → 比较语言学/比較語言學 · bǐjiàoyǔyánxué · comparative linguistics
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition