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satemization

satemization noun: the sound change by which palatovelars became fricatives and affricates in satem languages.

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

Antonyms of satemization

Forms of satemization

alternative formsatemisation

Origin of satemization

From satem + -ization or satemize + -ation. Doublet of centumization.

Questions about satemization

What does satemization mean?
Satemization means the sound change by which palatovelars became fricatives and affricates in satem languages.
What part of speech is satemization?
Satemization is a noun.

Words near satemization in the dictionary

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

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