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[tʰ]→[t]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Grassmann's Law Deaspiration Hellenic Indo-European

Voiceless aspirated alveolar plosive to Voiceless alveolar plosive

The shift from [tʰ] to [t] often occurs as a result of Grassmann's Law, a process of dissimilatory deaspiration in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit. If an aspirated consonant is followed by another aspirated consonant in the next syllable, the first one loses its aspiration.

Phonetic Effects

Deaspiration, Dissimilation

Language Examples

Ancient Greek Indo-European

tʰí-tʰē-mi→tí-tʰē-mi— Grassmann's Law: The first [tʰ] in the reduplicated present of 'tʰē-' (to put) deaspirates to [t] because it is followed by another [tʰ].

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Indo-European Shifts

[d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [e] → [o] — Backing [ei] → [e] — Monophthongization [∅] → [ã] — Compensatory Nasalization [∅] → [ẽ] — Compensatory Nasalization

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