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satem — [sä′təm] adj. [< Avestan satəm, hundred < Sans sátám: see HUNDRED): so named because the initial sound illustrates the typical development in this group of the IE palatal stop, which in the centum group is a velar stop] designating or of… … English World dictionary
satem — /ˈsatəm/ (say sahtuhm) adjective relating to those Indo European languages which changed primitive Indo European {k} to [s], in contrast to those which retained the {k}. Compare centum. {Avestan satem hundred (an example of this change, where… …
satem — sa•tem [[t]ˈsɑ təm[/t]] adj. ling. of or designating the group of Indo European languages in which Proto Indo European palatal stops developed into alveolar or palatal fricatives Compare centum • Etymology: 1900–05; < Avestan satəm hundred (c … From formal English to slang
Centum-satem isogloss — Centum redirects here. For other uses, see Centum (disambiguation). Very approximate diachronic map showing the centum (blue, except that Tocharian on the east is grey) and satem (red) areals. The hypothetical area of origin of satemization… … Wikipedia
Centum-Satem isogloss — The Centum Satem division is an isogloss of the Indo European language family, related to the evolution of the three dorsal consonant rows reconstructed for Proto Indo European, *Unicode|kʷ (labiovelars), *Unicode|k (velars), and *Unicode|ḱ ;… … Wikipedia
Indo-European languages — Indo European redirects here. For other uses, see Indo European (disambiguation). See also: List of Indo European languages Indo European Geographic distribution: Before the 16th century, Europe, and South, Central and Southwest Asia; today… … Wikipedia
Indo-European languages — Family of languages with the greatest number of speakers, spoken in most of Europe and areas of European settlement and in much of southwestern and southern Asia. They are descended from a single unrecorded language believed to have been spoken… … Universalium
Slavic languages — or Slavonic languages Branch of the Indo European language family spoken by more than 315 million people in central and eastern Europe and northern Asia. The Slavic family is usually divided into three subgroups: West Slavic, comprising Polish,… … Universalium
centum languages — plural noun The group of Indo European languages in which an original palatal consonant appears as a guttural sound, as in L centum hundred in which the ‘c’ is sounded ‘k’ (cf ↑satem languages) • • • Main Entry: ↑centum … Useful english dictionary
Celtic languages — Branch of the Indo European language family spoken across a broad area of western and central Europe by the Celts in pre Roman and Roman times, now confined to small coastal areas of northwestern Europe. Celtic can be divided into a continental… … Universalium
