From: markodegard@...
Message: 7616
Date: 2001-06-14
> Spontaneous change (fricative) /G/ <-> /w/ has been registered inOk. I know ablaut and umlaut. Now, in English terms, define anlaut.
> anlaut, Russian gu'senitsa 'caterpillar (Standard Russian)':(v)
> u'senitsa 'the same (dialects) < Gusenitsa:wusenica < (Proto Slavic)
> *o,senica with protetic /w/ being the most well-known example.
>
> Sergei