Stang's law

Stang's law

Stang's law is a Proto-Indo-European phonological rule named after Norwegian linguist Christian Stang. The law governs the word-final sequences of a vowel, followed by a laryngeal or a semivowel */y/ or */w/, followed by a nasal, and according to the law those sequences are simplified in a way 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. Often the rules *Vmm > *Vːm and *PIE|Vh₂m > *Vːm; and also *Vyi > *Vːy are added.

Compare:
* PIE PIE|*dyéwm 'sky' (accusative singular) > "*dyḗm" > Sanskrit "dyā́m", acc. sg. of "dyaús", Latin "diem"
* PIE *PIE|gʷowm 'cattle' (acc. sg.) > "*PIE|gʷōm" > Sanskrit "gā́m", acc. sg. of "gaús"
* accusative singular of PIE *PIE| 'house' is PIE|*dṓm, not PIE|**dómm̥.

ee also

* Szemerényi's law

References

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