Roshterian/Proto-Roshterian

Old Roshterian is the reconstructed intermediate stage between Proto-Talmic and Roshterian.

• stress shift to penultimate (endings have not dropped completely yet)
  • yields Modern Roshterian ultimate stress
• Old Irishy allomorphy
• ā > iə

Some words

• φlat-nəm "seed" > Old Roshterian *latnə > Roshterian laaṉ "child (offspring)"
• tekts "child" > Old Roshterian *tejθ, tejs- > Roshterian ṯeit, ṯeis- "child (young human)"
• bonditejθiə, bondejθiə "child-bearer, child-rearer, babysitter" > Roshterian breit, breiti- "woman"
• soliθe > OR höliθe "5" > Roshterian helit, lite-
• kabnənts > OR kabrəns "woman" > (lost)
• snuwem "round" > OR snǖ "fat" > Rooshterian ṉii "big"
• mārom "tree" > OR miəro "tree" > miar