--- Sean Whalen <
stlatos@...> wrote:
> Palatalized p would depalatalize with the lost
> feature forming a new sound next to p in some IE
> languages. In Celtic:
>
> tópYmó+ 'warm'
>
> tópYmós
> tóipmós
> tóifmós
> tóivmós
> tóimmós
> etc
>
> toim 'hot' Old Cornish
This indicates that
PY > iP / V_P
but there is also
PY > Py / P_V
seen in:
ghdóm+ 'lands, earth'
ghdm+mYó+n.+ 'an earthling'
ghdm-mYó:n.
ghdm-myó:n.
ghdm-nyó:n.
ghdu-nyó:n. (m+syl. > u / _N)
du-nyó:n.
etc
duine 'man' Old Irish
> te_pYtú+ 'warmth'
>
> te_pYtús
> te_ps.tús
> tefs.tus
> texWs.tus
> etc
>
> tess 'heat' Old Irish
Though PY > PS, etc., is best seen in Celtic the
widest seen changes involve kY > ks. before n. and
often before other sounds (nY mY L). In some languages
kY > ik before a V (or only "a") and sometimes both
(iks.).
> These changes are just a small part of a widely
> occurring variety of changes to CY before certain
> consonants in many IE languages.
Iranian has a different set of outcomes for these
rules than Indic.
le_ukYn.ó+ / lu_ukYn.ó+ 'shining'
le_ukYn.á:x 'fm. > shining thing'
le_ukYn.á:x
le_ukYn.a:x
léukYn.a:x
léukYn.a:
léuks.n.a:
láuks.n.a:
láuxs.n.a:
ráuxs.n.a:
etc
rao:xs^na: 'lantern' Avestan
gYnYòxW+ 'know'
gYnYoxW+
gz.nYoxW+
gz.n.oxW+
etc
xs^na:- Avestan
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