Re: [tied] Re: kentum/satem: why Lithuanian kg before e/i

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 45677
Date: 2006-08-10

On 2006-08-10 22:26, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> I am aware that plain velars didn't palatalized in Albanian, but, it
> seems that I have understood your that labiovelars underwent
> palataization, so I was a little bit surprised.

What I meant was that the labiovelars underwent palatalisation _before
front vowels_ (*kW > *c^(W) > s, *g(H)W > *3^(W) > z), while plain
velars probably didn't (though the evidence is not very strong).

Piotr