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satem

[ sah-tuhm ]

adjective

  1. belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.


satem

/ ˈseɪ-; ˈsɑːtəm /

adjective

  1. denoting or belonging to the group of Indo-European languages in which original velar stops became palatalized (k > s or / ʃ /). These languages belong to the Indic, Iranian, Armenian, Slavonic, Baltic, and Albanian branches and are traditionally regarded as the E group Compare centum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of satem1

1900–05; < Avestan satəm hundred (cognate with Latin centum; centum 2 ), exemplifying in s- the outcome of Indo-European palatal stops characteristic of the group
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Word History and Origins

Origin of satem1

from Avestan sat ə m hundred; chosen to exemplify the variation of initial s with initial k (as in centum ) in Indo-European languages

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