Re: [tied] Centum in Vedic?

Same as in Spanish (in recent times): weakening of the tongue-tip articulatory component of [s.] and preserving the sound's "dark" quality by raising the dorsum of the tongue towards the soft palate. It's a relatively common type of lenition, like the Iranian, Prakrit, Greek, Welsh, dialectal Spanish, ... (etc.) lenition of [s] > [h] in some positions.

Piotr

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From: Dean_Anderson

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Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 1:42 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Centum in Vedic?

Your saying that the Yajur Veda shifted the word Purus.a > Puru/x/a > Purukha? Well, I'm sure the Germans would like that.... What are the intermediate steps that would lead to that?