Re: Armenian, Sumerian, Burushaski, and Turkic languages

"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
Darkstar <darkstar100@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Moreover, Lithuanian has /berzas/

bér¸as

According to Pierarskas and Svecevic^ius's dictionary, Lithuanian has <bérz^as> (where <z^> is z-hat, viz /Z/).

which indicates that /z/ in Slavic */berz/ is ancient,
and probably not from /g/.

From *g^, actually. Derksen makes the PIE *bHerhg^-o-
(where *h is an unspecified laryngeal) and reconstructs
Proto-Balto-Slav. *bér?®-o-, *bér?®-a? and PSl *bèrza.

/Z/ is the expected outcome of *g^ in Baltic. Which I'm sure is what you're saying, except it's not what's coming through to me.

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Brian

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