Proto-Yeldhic: Difference between revisions

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** Paleoyeldhic ''*meksi''
** Paleoyeldhic ''*meksi''
*** Moshurian [[Contionary:mesk|''mesk'']]
*** Moshurian [[Contionary:mesk|''mesk'']]
** Etzeá ''meîye''
** Etzeá ''mei'e''
** Proto-Ulmic ''*mVcne''
** Proto-Ulmic ''*mVcne''
*** Ormå ''nncẽ''
*** Ormå ''nncẽ''
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** Proto-Ulmic ''*fsan''
** Proto-Ulmic ''*fsan''
*** Ormå ''fsän''
*** Ormå ''fsän''
===Deconsonantification===
===Deconsonantification===
In many PY-derivative languages, many palatalised consonants, like *ś and *ź, were "deconsonantified", leaving only a voiced palatal approximant, *j. Thus, where there were (probably) palatalised consonants in PY, they were lost in descendant languages.
In many PY-derivative languages, many palatalised consonants, like *ś and *ź, were "deconsonantified", leaving only a voiced palatal approximant, *j. Thus, where there were (probably) palatalised consonants in PY, they were lost in descendant languages.
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