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*my > (*ny) in Greek and Italic: Common innovation, parallel development, or fortuitous similarity?
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| Title: | *my > (*ny) in Greek and Italic: Common innovation, parallel development, or fortuitous similarity? |
| Author(s): | Hock, Hans Henrich |
| Subject(s): | historical linguistics, language change, proto-indo-european, greek, italic, latin, oscan, umbrian |
| Abstract: | The fact that the final -m of PIE *gwem- is reflected as -n in Greek baino, Latin uenio, and related forms has given rise to a number of different accounts, the most common of which explains the n as the result of some kind of assimilation. I review the various proposed accounts and argue that similarity between Greek and Latin n is accidental. The Latin n results from analogical extension of the third singular root aorist form, in which -n results from sound change. The Greek n reflects regular sound changes connected with across-the-board palatalization in that language. |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| Citation Info: | Studies in the Linguistic Sciences: Illinois Working Papers 2009: 81-93 |
| Genre: | Article |
| Type: | Text |
| Language: | English |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14136 |
| ISSN: | 0049-2388 |
| Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
| Peer Reviewed: | is peer reviewed |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2009-10-30 |
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