Re: [tied] Depalatalisation

tgpedersen wrote:

> I don't see why it's far-fetched to assume that a process that <has
> taken place in one language could repeat itself in another one.
>
> How about Armenian s > k' in muk'n "mouse" and the plural suffix
> -k' ?

Is that desatemisation? To my knowledge, Armenian has never desatemised
any of its reflexes of *k^, *g^ or *g^H. The change you mention was
probably more complex, something like *-s > *-x > *-kH, in this position.

Piotr