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Ranko Matasović

• This paper offers an extensive analysis of the reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European word-initial cluster *sk- in Proto-Slavic. It is argued that the regular reflex of this cluster is the Proto-Slavic *x-, but that *sk- was analogously re-introduced in a great number of cases under the influence of prefixed forms and cases where forms with and without the so-called "s-mobile" co-existed in Slavic. This conclusion is in accordance with the fact that *x- < *sk- is far more common in derivationally isolated words that do not occur with prefixes.
• U ovom se radu razmatra odraz indoeuropske suglasničke skupine *sk- na početku riječi u praslavenskome. Opsežna analiza relevantnih primjera pokazuje da je pravilan odraz te skupine praslavenskom *x-, no da je *sk- u velikom broju slučajeva analoški obnovljeno pod utjecajem oblika s prefiksima i primjera kod kojih su oblici sa i bez tzv. "s-mobile" supostojali u praslavenskome. Taj je zaključak u skladu s činjenicom da je odraz *x- < *sk- znatno češći u tvorbeno izoliranim riječima koje nemaju prefiksā.