Re: [tied] Armenian three series of velars?

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> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:43:26 +0100 (CET), mkapovic@...
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Does anybody know the examples adduced for the supposed Armenian
>> different
>>outcomes of PIE three series of velars *k, *k', *kW etc. in front of
>> front
>>vowels?
>
> Non-palatalization of velars (from Olsen):
>
> t`ak`eay < *pt&2k-eh1-sk^o- "I hide, am concealed"
> k`erem "scratch"
> mak`i "sheep, ewe"
> suffixes -ak`i (*-ah2kios), -ek`in (*-ikino), -ek`ean
> (*-ikih3no-)
>
> The classical examples of palatalization of labiovelars are
> *kWetwores > c^`ork` "4" and *gWhermos > j^erm "warm".
>
> Exceptions: hing < *penkWe "five", hangist < *sm.-kWih1sti-
> "quiet", both in clusters with -n-.
>
> *g and *gW never palatalize. Examples with *gW: keray "ate"
> < *gWerh3-, kin "woman" < *gWen-.
>
> Olsen suggests that *gh does palatalize like *gWh, based on
> el~j^ewr "horn" < *(e)rghĂŠ:wr < *ghrĂŠ:wr.. But then it
> doesn't in *gher(h)n.tiyo- > gerandi "sickle", so that's
> unclear.

Thanks, Miguel! That would mean that labiovelars where palatalized in
Armenian, the same as in Greek (*kWe > te via palatalization of some
sort). Interesting...

Mate