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satemisation

satemisation is the alternative form of satemization.

Meaning of satemization

Noun

satemization (uncountable)

  1. (Indo-European-studies) The sound change by which palatovelars became fricatives and affricates in satem 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:
    centumization

Questions about satemisation

What is satemisation the alternative form of?
Satemisation is the alternative form of satemization.

Words near satemisation in the dictionary

  1. satelloid
  2. satelloids
  3. satelloon
  4. satelloons
  5. satem
  6. satemisation
  7. satemization
  8. satemize
  9. sater
  10. saterinone
  11. Saterland

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