Re: [tied] Satem and desatemisation (was: Albanian (1))

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:51:57 +0000, P&G <petegray@...> wrote:

>>Looking at the phylogeny in Gray & Atkinson, I wonder if it is
>>plausible that Western IE (Celtic, Italic and Germanic)
>>is 'desatemised Satem'?
>
>One of the marks of the satem group is the merger of *kW and *k.

In Albanian and Armenian, *k and *kW are kept distinct, under certain
circumstances. This suggests that the satem shift is independent (and
earlier than) the merger of *k and *kW in Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian.


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