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 Because Carpathian preserves consonantal reflexes of PIE laryngeals at least in some positions, it is often compared to the Anatolian languages and Armenian, although in other regards it shares more in common with Balto-Slavic, than with the former two.
-Between consonants PIE laryngeals became ''*a'' in initial syllables and were lost in non-initial syllables.
+Between consonants PIE laryngeals became ''*a'' in initial syllables and were lost in non-initial syllables:
 * PIE ''*sp'''h₁'''rós'' > Proto-Carpathian ''sp'''à'''ras'' “abundant”;
 * PIE ''**dʰug'''h₂'''tḗr'' > Proto-Carpathian ''duktī̃'' “daughter”.
+However, there is some evidence pointing towards preservation of ''h₃'' in initial syllables as ''*u'': PIE ''*h₂éh₃mōl~*h₂h₃m̥lés'' > Carpathian ''hùmōlis'' “yellow sorrel”.
 PIE ''*h₁'' was lost in all positions, but it made its preceding vowel (or a syllabic sonorant) long and gave it a rising acute accent: PIE ''*spéh₁ti'' > Proto-Carpathian ''*spḗtei'' “to hurry”. A semivowel (''*j'' or ''*w'') was inserted to break a vowel hiatus: ''*dʰeh₁eti'' > ''dējetei'' “to be doing”.