Vardan Petrosyan - Hushing sounds of the Old Armenian (Diachronic and a chronic aspects)
13 Pages | 228-241 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-228 | Revceived on: 2021-07-21 | Reviewed on: 2021-09-21 | Accepted for printing on: 2021-11-12
Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Discussions
The definition of main prototypes of the Armenian voiceless husing շ(š) does not present any difficulty: these are the I.-E. *s and *k՛(ṷ). The quantitative ratio of the proto-forms, as well as typological parallels of շ (š) with non relative languages confirms this conclusion.
Keywordssibilants Iranian loan words voiced hushing sounds Old Slavonic Slavic studies proto-language Latvian Avesta Caucasian languages typological parallels diachronic aspect achronic aspect.