From: george knysh
Message: 12210
Date: 2002-01-31
>*****GK: Just a very small point. Ukr. has both
>
>
> Strictly speaking there have been two different
> (though probably
> ontogenetically related) phonetic processes in Late
> Proto-Slavic, called
> the second and the third palatalization of velars,
> both of which could
> change */g/ to */dz/.
>
> The second palatalization is a change
> */k/>/c/([ts]), */g/>/dz/,
> */x/>/s/ or /s^/(West Slavic) before */e^/
> ([?:]~[e.:]) and */i/ if
> those */e^/ and */i/ are from earlier *[ai]. The /v/
> between
> */k/,*/g/,*/x/ and */e^/,*/i/ sometimes blocked, but
> sometimes didn't
> block the second palatalization.
> This palatalization succeded in all Slavic dialects
> but _completely_
> failed in Krivichian, which simply retained old
> */k/,*/g/ and */x/.
> Typical examples would be:
> *ke^lU 'whole' > OCS,ORuss ce^lU, Krivichian ke^lU
> *ge^l- 'strong' > OCS dze^lo, ORuss ze^lo
> *xe^rU 'gray' > OCS,ORuss se^rU, Proto-Polish
> *s^e^rU, Krivichian xe^rU.
> *vUlxvi 'sourcerers' > OCS vlUsvi
> *gve^zda 'start' > OCS dze^zda, but Proto-Polish
> *gve^zda
> *kve^t- 'colour, flower' > OCS cve^t-, but Ukr.
> kvit-.