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
Publication date:
19.5.2011.
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