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[g]→[z]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Satem Shift Assibilation East Slavic

Voiced velar plosive to Voiced alveolar fricative

Shift of [g] to the voiced sibilant [z] is a hallmark of the Satem shift in Indo-European languages, where palatovelar stops became fricatives.

Phonetic Effects

Satem Shift, Assibilation

Language Examples

Russian East Slavic

*ǵno- (PIE)→znat— to know (Satem reflex)

Related Transformations

More East Slavic Shifts

[ʌ] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [e] → [i] — Vowel Raising [e] → [o] — Backing [g] → [ʑ] — Palatalization [kʲ] → [ts] — Palatalization

Sources & References

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300212402/the-dawn-of-slavic/

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