Re: [tied] IE roots

From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 9962
Date: 2001-10-03

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:16:12 -0300, "João S. Lopes Filho"
<jodan99@...> wrote:

>1- Is there a phonetic law S+g- > C- ?

There is Sieb's law, roughly *k- / *-g ~ *sk-, vs. *gh- ~ *sk(h)-
(i.e. s-mobile prefixed to words beginning with voiced aspirates gives
s + voiceless aspirate in Sanskrit, and occasionally in Greek or
Slavic [assuming skh- > x-]). However, Sieb's law is controversial.