Original scientific paper

The loss of *g befor e *m in Proto-Slavic

Ranko Matasović orcid.org/0000-0001-7068-3036 ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

This paper proposes a new sound rule for Proto-Slavic, according to which *g (from PIE *g, *gw, *gh, and *gwh) was lost before *m. This development was posterior to Winter’s law and the merger of voiced and aspirated stop in Slavic. The operation of the rule is illustrated by new etymologies of four Slavic words: *ama, *jama ‘hole, pit’, *těmę ‘sinciput’, *mąžь ‘husband, man’, and *remy ‘leather belt’.

Keywords

Proto-Slavic; sound law; Winter’s law; consonant clusters

Hrčak ID:

67912

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/67912

Publication date:

19.5.2011.

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