My latest chamlang, in the style of Dhannuá being "plausibly Celtic" at first glance, this shall be "plausibly at first glance" a mystical love child of Proto-Greek and Proto-Albanian, avec dashes of liquamen. It is named after the Boeotian word for sweet-voiced, ἴδηφιν.
Changes from Proto-Indo-European
Misc. changes pilfered from Proto-Albanian and Proto-Greek
- /s/ > /χ/ \ V_V, _R /s/ > /θ/ \ _V, /χ/ \ -_k-, /θ/ \ -_d-, /ʃ/ \ [r u̯ k i̯]_V, /i̯/ \ V̄_#
- /y/ > /dy/ \ #_
- Loss of final stop consonants; /m/ > /n/ \ _#
- /h₁/, /h₂/, /h₃/ > /e/ /a/ /o/ \ V_V, _C
- ενεν énen 'name' < *h₁nómn̥-,
- CRHC > CRēC, CRāC, CrōC [1-2-3]
- laryngeal colouring and compensatory lengthening of following vowels
- /h₁e/, /h₂e/, /h₃e/ > /ē/, /ā/, /ō/
- ααντηρηι ā́ntērēi 'ancestors' < PIE *h₂en-tḗr-
- ωφώχωι ōphōχōi 'of a serpent' < PIE *h₃egʷ-
Plosives
- /p/ > /p/
- /t/ > /t/
- /k/ > /k/, /χ/ \#_R,
- "/b/" > /b/
- /d/ > /d/,
- /g/ > /g/
- /bh/ > /b/, /ph/ \ R_, V_V, #_R
- /dh/ > /d/, /th/ \ R_, V_V, /thy/ > /čč/ > /θ/
- /gh/ > /g/, /χ/ \ R_, V_V, /khy/ > /čč/ > /θ/ \ #_
- /gʷ/ > /b/ Ideph. bori < PIE *gʷor̥ o-grade of *gʷr̩H—, /T/ \ _e; thémmi "I strike" < PIE *gʷhen-mi but bonos "argument" < *gʷhón-os, dēn 'woman' < PIE *gʷḗn
- /kʷ/ > /p/ Ideph. pis < PIE *kʷis
- /gʱʷ/ > /pʰ/ \ R_, V_V, /b/ Ideph. ōphes < PIE *h₃egʰʷis
- /kʰʷ/ > /pʰ/ \ R_, V_V, /p/
- /ḱ/ > /θ/ \ _e, thémmi "I say, I talk" < PIE *ḱéh₁mi
Pilfered from Aeolic
- VhR (from *s) > VRR, where R = l n r m w y
- Mostly athematic inflection (-mi set)
- Athematic infinitive in -menai, thematic in -men
Resonants
- /r̩/ > /ri/ \ _[s ʃ θ], _#; e.g. Ideph. riθos < *ŕ̥θos (<*arθós) < *h₂r̥ḱθos < PIE *h₂r̥tḱos
- /r̩/ > /ir/ \ _C; e.g. Ideph. χirtus < Pre-Idephin *χr̥tus < PIE *kr̥tus
- /l̩/ > /al/ \ _R
- /l̩/ > /l/ \ V_C Ideph. ulpos < PIE *u̯ĺ̥kʷos
- /l̩/ > /la/ \ _C
Vowels
- /o/ > /u/ \ R_+labial ; e.g. νυιψ nyps 'night' < *nūps < *núpts < PIE *nókʷt-s
/o/ > /a/- /ō/ > /o/ ϝηχορ vḗχor 'sister' < *vḗχōr < *χwéχōr < PIE *swésōr
- /u/ > /u/
- /ū/ > /y/
- /e/ > /je/ \R_C
- /e/ > /e/
- /i/ > /i/
- /i/ > /e/ \w_C;
- /ī/ > /i/ viros < *vī́ros < *wíHros < PIE *wiHrós
leykʷ-
V.1
| Present stem, active
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1ary indic.
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| 1 sg.
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nemmi < *linékʷmi
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| 2 sg.
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nepthi < *linékʷsi
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| 3 sg.
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nepti < *linékʷti
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| 1 pl.
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pimos < *inpimós < *linkʷm̥ós
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| 2 pl.
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nipte < *nipte < iṇpté < *linkʷté
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| 3 pl.
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penti
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| participle
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ponts, pintes, ponthia, pinthās
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V.2
| Present stem, active
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1ary indic.
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| 1 sg.
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linemmi < *linékʷmi
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| 2 sg.
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linepthi < *linékʷsi
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| 3 sg.
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linepti < *linékʷti
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| 1 pl.
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limpimos < *inpimós < *linkʷm̥ós
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| 2 pl.
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linipte < *nipte < iṇpté < *linkʷté
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| 3 pl.
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limpenti
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| participle
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ponts, pintes, ponthia, pinthās
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Modern Ideph. ?
/θ/ > /s/ / #_, /z/ \ V_V