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centumization

centumization noun: the sound change by which palatovelars became plain velars in centum languages.

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

Antonyms of centumization

Forms of centumization

alternative formcentumisation

Origin of centumization

From centum + -ization or centumize + -ation. Doublet of satemization.

Questions about centumization

What does centumization mean?
Centumization means the sound change by which palatovelars became plain velars in centum languages.
What part of speech is centumization?
Centumization is a noun.

Words near centumization in the dictionary

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

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