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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "petegray" <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.

True. But I am still on the hunt for examples of gamma+m > mm,
regardless of what the Greek pronunciation actually was. Likewise xm
(ach-m) > mm

Sverre