A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European, Sanskrit, Greek and Latin Languages, Part 1 |
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1st step 2nd step a-scale ai ae Aiol Aiolic aspirates aspp assimilation becomes beside betw bhar bear compensatory lengthening consonantal consonants Corss Curt dialects diphthongs Dôr e.g. st earlier epenthesis equos follg forms frequently Germ Goth Greek gutt Indo-Eur Indo-European languages instr Iôn iungere langg later Lith loss lost masc medial momentary mute sonant nasal neut Note Note.-The occurs Old-Lat older original language origl Oscan pa-tar pass perh pres prob pron pronunciation redupl root-vowel roots rudh Sanskrit Sclav second step sing sonant sound-laws sounds spirants stands stems step-formation suff supr termn tv-am uiro unoriginal unorigl vowel-scales vowel-sounds vowel-system vowels weakening whilst word word-formative Zeitschr Zend
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