Re: [tied] Assimilation -gm- > -mm-

On 04-11-07 09:22, petegray wrote:

>>I've heard that Old Greek -gm-
>>has become -m- in Modern Greek,
>
>
> Classical Greek pronunciation of written <gm> was <Nm>, that is to say, the
> velar nasal + m. We can get to assimilation /mm/ very easily from there,
> and don't need a fricative pronunciation.
>
> Peter

Same in Latin: *flagma: > flamma (presumably older than the voicing in
*sek-men > segmen). The original manner of articulation of the
assimilated voiced velar obstruent ([Gm] or [gm]) doesn't seem to be
important.

Piotr