Thomas Olander: 2024 Basel Fachtagung materials

olander-reconsidering-centum-satem-basel-2024-presentation.pdf

Olander - Reconsidering centum-satem (Basel 2024) (Google Sheets, in progress)

surroundings

• a. elsewhere̥
• b. near *u u̯̥
• c. before *r r̥̥
• d. after *s̥
• e. after *n n̥

problem types

difficulty

• 0: unproblematic
• 1: easy
• 2: relatively unproblematic
• 3: problematic
• 4: difficult

explanation type

• a: existential problem
• b: *Kʷ > K near *u u̯ in centum branches
• c: *K retained after *s
• d: *K retained before *r r̥
• e: *K retained after *n
• f: *K retained before *l n u̯ + back vowel in BS
• g: influence of *a h₂?

individual classes

0: unproblematic (including roots that can be reconstructed with another dorsal)

1: easy

• a: probably wrong etymology or wrong reconstruction
• b: K (from *Kʷ) near u/u̯
• c: sK (also K̑s)
• d: Kr/r̥
• e: nK
• g: K̑ or Kʷ near h₂ a

2: relatively unproblematic

• a: perhaps wrong etymology (including roots marked with “?” in LIV) or reconstruction (roots that could perhaps be reconstructed with another dorsal)
• b: K (from *Kʷ) near u/u̯ + analogy
• c: sK + analogy, including K‑ in roots with s mobile
• d: Kr/r̥ + analogy
• e: nK + analogy or nK̑ + analogy
• f: K before *l m u̯ and back vowel (Balto-Slavic) + analogy
• h: root shows both *K and *K̑ (Gutturalwechsel)

3: problematic

• a: somewhat uncertain etymology (only attested in one satəm branch) or reconstruction
• c: possibly sK‑ (but no evidence of s mobile)
• d: possibly Kr/r̥
• e: possibly nK
• f: possibly K before *l m u̯ and back vowel (Balto-Slavic)
• g: K near h₂ a

4: difficult

• a: unexplained K
• d: K̑r/r̥
• e: nK̑