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'''Proto-Pfeunic''' is the common ancestor to [[Pfeunic languages|Pfeunic]], one of the largest branches of the [[Quihum languages]]. | '''Proto-Pfeunic''' is the common ancestor to [[Pfeunic languages|Pfeunic]], one of the largest branches of the [[Quihum languages]]. | ||
==Diachronic sketch== | ==Diachronic sketch== | ||
#q, qʷ > k, kʷ | |||
#a ə i u > e a i u (before laryngeals vocalize) | |||
#laryngeal reflexes: | |||
**ax, ex, ix, ux > ē ē ī ū | **ax, ex, ix, ux > ē, ē, ī, ū | ||
**ax̌, ex̌, ix̌, ux̌ > ā ā ē ō | **ax̌, ex̌, ix̌, ux̌ > ā, ā, ē, ō | ||
**axʷ, exʷ, ixʷ, uxʷ > ō, ō, iw, ū | |||
**ax̌ʷ, ex̌ʷ, ix̌ʷ, ux̌ʷ > ā, ō, ew, ō | |||
*root voice assimilation: a plain stop (unless following ''s'') is assimilated to a voiced stop within a root | *root voice assimilation: a plain stop (unless following ''s'') is assimilated to a voiced stop within a root | ||
**"An additional constraint prohibited roots containing both a voiced aspirated and a voiceless plosive (**tebʰ-), unless the latter occurs in a word-initial cluster after an *s (e.g. *stebʰ- 'to stiffen'). Taken together with the abundance of *DʰeDʰ-type roots, it has been proposed that this distribution results from a limited process of voice assimilation in pre-PIE, where a voiceless stop was assimilated to a voiced aspirate, if another one followed or preceded within a root." | **"An additional constraint prohibited roots containing both a voiced aspirated and a voiceless plosive (**tebʰ-), unless the latter occurs in a word-initial cluster after an *s (e.g. *stebʰ- 'to stiffen'). Taken together with the abundance of *DʰeDʰ-type roots, it has been proposed that this distribution results from a limited process of voice assimilation in pre-PIE, where a voiceless stop was assimilated to a voiced aspirate, if another one followed or preceded within a root." | ||