The loss of *g before *m in Proto-Slavic

  • This paper proposes a new sound rule for Proto-Slavic, according to which *g (from PIE *g, *gw, *gh, and *gwh) was lost before *m. This development was posterior to Winter’s law and the merger of voiced and aspirated stop in Slavic. The operation of the rule is illustrated by new etymologies of four Slavic words: *ama, *jama ‘hole, pit’, *těmę ‘sinciput’, *mąžь ‘husband, man’, and *remy ‘leather belt’.

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Author:Ranko Matasović
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-112836
ISSN:1331-6745
Parent Title (Croatian):Rasprave : casopis Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje
Publisher:Institut za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje <Zagreb>
Place of publication:Zagreb
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2011/08/23
Year of first Publication:2010
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2011/08/23
GND Keyword:Urslawisch; Lautgesetz; Konsonantengruppe
Volume:36
Issue:2
Page Number:8
First Page:299
Last Page:306
Source:(in:) Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, 36, 2010, S. 299-306
HeBIS-PPN:355529211
Institutes:keine Angabe Fachbereich / Extern
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 49 Andere Sprachen / 490 Andere Sprachen
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht

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