User:Ioe bidome/Proto-Greek

Phonological changes

h₁ h₂, h₃

Vowels

Semivowels

/y/

Word initial y became /z/ through stage /ɟ/, /ʤ/, /dz/, before appearing as ζ, pronounced as /zd/

• yugóm "yoke" > ζυγoν (zugón) compare Latin iugumcode: lat promoted to code: la , Sanskrit yugám

After a sonorant or /h/ preceded by a /w/, /y/ is lost:

• ∗h₂árh₃wr "be sharp eared" >

References

Sources

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