Stang's law

This article is about the sound law in Proto-Indo-European. For the accentual law in Proto-Slavic, see Ivšić's law.

Stang's law is a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) phonological rule named after the Norwegian linguist Christian Stang. The law governs the word-final sequences of a vowel, followed by a semivowel (*y or *w) or a laryngeal (*h₁, *h₂ or *h₃), followed by a nasal. According to the law these sequences are simplified such that laryngeals and semivowels are dropped, with compensatory lengthening of a preceding vowel.

This rule is usually cited in more restricted form as: *Vwm > *Vːm and *Vh₂m > *Vːm (*V denoting a vowel and * a long vowel).

Often the rules *Vmm > *Vːm and also *Vyi > *Vːy are added:[1]

See also

References

  1. Benjamin W. Fortson (2004). Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. Blackwell Publishing. pp. 63–64. ISBN 1-4051-0316-7.


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