Satem

The Slavonic languages, like Persian and the Indo-European languages of the Indian sub-continent, are in the satem group, so the Russian word for hundred begins with an sound, its first vowel has disappeared, the corresponds to the in the middle of the ❋ Unknown (2005)

While the correct centum-satem correspondence between Greek -k- and Sanskrit -ś- is reassuring, it by no means validates the reconstruction. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's also pointless to eternally ponder on the vagueness of terms like "language" and "dialect" because in the end we're now refocusing our reconstruction efforts towards elucidating former feature boundaries eg. the satem area. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Petusek: "Also, notice that the Common Kartvelian '4' is reconstructed as *otxo- (resembling a centum-like source) by some and *os1txw/o- (resembling a satem-like source instead) by others." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Things get more complicated if one ponders a scenario where budding Anatolian dialects are affected by the Satem wave in the north of the Anatolian area and later on provide the basis for satem-like results in Luwian by way of dialect mergers and such. ❋ Unknown (2008)

However Tocharian shows palatalization nonetheless and I suppose I should explain myself better in the pdf that I'm also including satem-like areal influence as well. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So the question is not whether Tocharian and Anatolian are satem dialects which they are indeed not, but whether they were notably affected by satem dialects and thus whether they show satem-like innovations. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sanskrit, being a satem language, fronted all *k's to palatalized *ḱ according to this new interpretation afterall. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Also, notice that the Common Kartvelian "4" is reconstructed as *otxo- (resembling a centum-like source) by some and *os1txw/o- (resembling a satem-like source instead) by others. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I want to posit an idea that the satem innovation of PIE was in fact caused by areal influence from a "para-dialect", that is, a dialect lying just outside the boundaries of PIE itself. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This regional isogloss was now the seed for satem dialects like Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Don't confuse IE's "satem wave" with p-Satem in my video. ❋ Unknown (2007)

While the dialect initially would directly influence the northern dialects, the satem wave then would take on a life of its own in its new host. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When we start pondering the effects of this reinterpretation, we begin to see a different story concerning the development of satem dialects unfold. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Afterall, satem dialects show us clearly a distinction between *ḱ and *k. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The nitty gritty of it is that we only assume that *ḱ is palatal since this is how it ends up in satem dialects where we find the palatal affricate *ć in its place. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Phoenix: For para-satem to influence such a big group of IE, you'd expect it to leave some traces ... ❋ Unknown (2007)