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

johnsensverre wrote:

> --- 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

something simmilar happened with the grup "gn" which became "mn"

Alex