Re: [tied] Depalatalisation

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > I don't see why it's far-fetched to assume that a process that

<has

> > taken place in one language could repeat itself in another one.
> >
> > How about Armenian s > k' in muk'n "mouse" and the plural suffix
> > -k' ?
>
> Is that desatemisation? To my knowledge, Armenian has never

desatemised

> any of its reflexes of *k^, *g^ or *g^H. The change you mention was
> probably more complex, something like *-s > *-x > *-kH, in this

position.

>

Ahem, a minor obstacle. I'll get back to it some time, I think.

Torsten