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centumisation

centumisation is the alternative spelling of centumization.

Meaning of centumization

Noun

centumization (uncountable)

  1. (Indo-European-studies) The sound change by which palatovelars became plain velars in centum languages.
    • [footnote:] For instance, if one reconstructs satəmization, the merger of *K and *Kʷ, as an innovation that defines a clade (approx. Thraco-Armeno-Daco-Albano-Balto-Slavo-Indo-Iranian), then the other remaining Indo-European branches must independently undergo centumization as they branch off at...2022 December 14, John Clayton, “Labiovelar loss and the rounding of syllabic liquids in Indo-Iranian”, in Indo-European Linguistics, →DOI, page 46
    Antonyms:
    satemization

Forms of centumisation

pluralcentumisations

Questions about centumisation

What is centumisation the alternative spelling of?
Centumisation is the alternative spelling of centumization.

Words near centumisation in the dictionary

  1. centry
  2. cents
  3. cents on the dollar
  4. cents.
  5. centum
  6. centumisation
  7. centumization
  8. centumize
  9. centumized
  10. centumizes
  11. centumizing

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