Re: [tied] Re: Scythians, Zoroastrians, etc.

Oops, hasty editing.

Zeta reflecting inherited *sd [*zd] fell together with the clusters *dj (also < *j-), *gj and *gWj-.

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Note that Greek voiced stops tended to be lenited into continuants already in late Classical Greek: b, d, g > v, ð, G/j.

Sorry,

Piotr

----- Original Message -----
From: Piotr Gasiorowski

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 5:07 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Scythians, Zoroastrians, etc.

Zeta reflects inherited *sd [*zd] fell together with the clusters *dj (also < *j-), *gj and *gWj-.

...

Note that Greek voiced stops tended to be lenited into continuants already in late Classical Greek: b, d, g > v, , G/j.