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As the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) broke up, its sound system diverged as well, as evidenced in various sound laws associated with the daughter Indo-European languages.

Especially notable is the palatalization that produced the satem languages, along with the associated ruki sound law. Other notable changes include:

Bartholomae's law in Indo-Iranian, and Sievers's law in Proto-Germanic and (to some extent) various other branches, may or may not have been common Indo-European features. A number of innovations, both phonological and morphological, represent areal features common to the Italic and Celtic languages; among them the development of labiovelars to labial consonants in some Italic and Celtic branches, producing "p-Celtic" and "q-Celtic" languages (likewise "p-Italic" and "q-Italic", although these terms are less used). Another grouping with many shared areal innovations comprises Greek, Indo-Iranian, and Armenian; among its common phonological innovations are Grassmann's lawin Greek and Indo-Iranian, and weakening of pre-vocalic /s/ to /h/ in Greek, Iranian and Armenian.

Consonants

The following table shows the Proto-Indo-European consonants and their reflexes in selected Indo-European daughter languages. Background and further details can be found in various related articles, including Proto-Indo-European phonology, Centum and satem languages, the articles on the various sound laws referred to in the introduction, and the articles on the various IE proto-languages, language groups and language phonologies. For development of the laryngeals and syllabic consonants, see the vowels table below.

Table 1. Reflexes of Proto-Indo-European single consonants
PIE Indo-Iranian Balto-Slavic Alb. Arm. Anatol. Toch. Greek Italic Celtic Germanic
Skr. Av. O.C.S. Lith. Hitt. Latin Old Irish Gothic English
normal C+[j] normal -C-8
*p p; ph [pʰ] [C 1] p; f17 p h;
w [C 2]
p, pp p pt p Ø f;
b [β] [C 3]
f;
v, f8
*t t; th [t̪ʰ] [C 1] t; θ17 t tʿ [tʰ] t, tt;
z [ts] [C 4]
t;
c [c] [C 4]
t s; tt/ss[C 2] t t th [θ] þ [θ];
d [ð]; [C 3]
th;
d; [C 3]
*ḱ ś [ɕ] s š [ʃ] th [θ];
k9
s k, kk k;
ś [ɕ]9
k c [k] c [k] ch [x] h;
g [ɣ] [C 3]
h;
Ø;8
y [C 3]
*k k; c [t͡ɕ]; [C 4]
kh [kʰ] [C 1]
k; c [tʃ]; [C 4]
x17
k;
č [tʃ]; [C 4]
c [ts]10
k k kʿ [kʰ]
*kʷ k;
s; [C 4]
q [c]10
ku, kku p;
t; [C 4]
k6
qu [kʷ];
c [k] [C 5]
ƕ [ʍ];
gw, w [C 3]
wh;
w [C 3]
*b b; bh [C 1] b; β [C 6] b p b pt b b [b] -[β]- p
*d d; dh [C 1] d; δ [C 6] d d;
dh [ð]8
t ts;
ś [ɕ] [C 4]
d z [zd] > [z] d d [d] -[ð]- t
*ǵ j [d͡ʑ];
h [ɦ] [C 1]
z ž [ʒ] dh [ð];
g9
c [ts] k k;
ś [ɕ]9
g g g [ɡ] -[ɣ]- k c / k;
ch10
*g g; j [d͡ʑ]; [C 4]
gh; [C 1] h [ɦ] [C 1] 5
g; j [dʒ]; [C 4]
γ [C 6]
g;
ž [ʒ]; [C 4]
dz10
g g k
*gʷ g;
z; [C 4]
gj [ɟ]10
ku b;
d; [C 4]
g6
u [w > v];
gu [ɡʷ] [C 7]
b [b] -[β]- q [kʷ] qu
*bʰ bh [bʱ] b; β [C 6] b b;
w8
p ph [pʰ] pt f;21
b
b [b];
b [β];8
f [C 8]
b;
v / f24
*dʰ dh [dʱ] d; δ [C 6] d t t;
c [c] [C 4]
th [tʰ] tt/ss f;21
d;
b [C 9]
d [d] -[ð]- d;
d [ð];8
þ [C 8]
d
*ǵʰ h [ɦ] z ž [ʒ] dh [ð];
d9
j [dz];
z8
k k;
ś [ɕ] [C 4]
kh [kʰ] h;
h / g9
g [ɡ] -[ɣ]- g;
g [ɣ];8
g [x] [C 8]
g;
y / w24
*gʰ gh [ɡʱ];
h [ɦ] [C 4]
g; j [dʒ]; [C 4]
γ [C 6]
g;
ž [ʒ]; [C 4]
dz10
g g g;
ǰ [dʒ] [C 4]
*gʷʰ g;
z; [C 4]
gj [ɟ]10
ku ph [pʰ];
th [tʰ]; [C 4]
kh [kʰ]6
f;21
g /
u [w];8
gu [ɡʷ] [C 7]
g;
b;21
w;8
gw [C 7]
g;
b;21
w8
*s s h [h, x] s sh [ʃ];
gj [ɟ];12
h8
h;
Ø8
š [s] s;
ṣ [ʂ]
h;21
s;22, 13
Ø;8
[¯] [C 10]
i s;
r8
s ʃ -[h]- s;
z [C 3]
s;
r [C 3]
ṣ [ʂ]11 š [ʃ]11 x [x]11 š [ʃ]11
*m m in m m [m] -[w̃]- m
*-m [C 8] m ˛ [˜] n Ø n n -- m [˜] n Ø
*n n n;
˛ [˜] [C 8]
n n;
ñ [ɲ]
n in n
*l r (dial. l) r l l;
ll [ɫ]8
l /
ɫ [ɫ
> ɣ]
l il l
*r r r [ɾ];
rr [r]8
r ir r
*y y [j] j [j] gj [ɟ];
Ø
Ø y [j] z [zd] > [z] /
h;
Ø 8
?i i [j];
Ø 8
Ø j y
*w v [ʋ] v [w] v v [ʋ] v g / w w w > h / Ø i u [w > v] f -Ø- w
PIE Skr. Av. O.C.S. Lith. Alb. Arm. Hitt. Toch. Greek Greek+/j/ Latin Old Irish Gothic English

Notes for table 1:

Notes for table 1 and table 2:

6 Before or after a (PIE) u.
8 Between vowels.
9 Before a sonorant.
10 Before secondary (post-PIE) front-vowels.
11 After r, u, k, i (Ruki sound law).
12 Before a stressed vowel.
17 Before a consonant or original laryngeal.
19 After r, l, m, n, t, d, possibly other consonants?
21 At the beginning of a word.
22 Before or after an obstruent (p, t, k, etc.; s).
24 Between vowels, or between a vowel and r, l (on either side).

Consonant clusters

Proto-Indo-European also had numerous consonant clusters, such as *st, *ḱs. In most cases in most languages, each consonant in a cluster develops according to the normal development given in the table above. Many consonant clusters however also show special developments in multiple languages. Some of these are given by the following table (with cases of otherwise predictable development in gray):

Table 2. Reflexes of Proto-Indo-European consonant clusters
PIE Indo-Iranian Balto-Slavic Alb. Arm. Anatol. Toch. Greek Italic Celtic Germanic
Skr. Av. O.C.S. Lith. Hitt. Latin Old Irish Gothic English
normal C+[j]
*sr sr r str sr rr [r] (a)r š(ša)r ʃʃr rh n/a fr-, -br- sr str str
*tw tv θβ tv tv t kʿ [kʰ] ttu, ddu s-, -ss- n/a p? t þw thw
*dʰw dhv ðβ dv dv d ? tu, du f d dw dw
*dw dv (e)rk tu, du b tw tw
*ḱw śv sp sv šv s sk, š n/a qu [kʷ] cu [kʷ] ƕ [xʷ] wh
*ǵʰw hv zv žv z
*ǵw jv q [kʷ] qu [kw]
*sw sv xuu [xʷ] sv sv v kʿ [kʰ] normal dev. h n/a su [sw] s sw sw
*sp sp sp [CC 1] sp f sp [CC 1]
/ pʿ [pʰ]
normal dev. sp [CC 1] ? sp f sp [CC 2]
*st st st [CC 1] st sht [ʃt] st [CC 1] normal dev. st [CC 1] s; tt/ss[CC 3] st st [CC 2]
*sḱ ch [t͡ɕʰ]; cch[CC 3] s? sk š? h ?? č`; c`[CC 3] normal dev. sk; [CC 1]
kh [kʰ];19
skh [skʰ] [CC 4]
sc [sk] sc [sk] sk [CC 2] sh [ʃ]
*sk sk, sc sk, sč [CC 1] normal dev. ? sk [CC 1] normal dev.
*skʷ norm. squ [skʷ] sq [CC 2]
*t+t [tst] tt; tth [CC 5] st; sθ17? st s s? zt, zzašt, zzazz [tst] ss? st ss ss / st
*pt pt ft t? pt t pt pt cht [xt] ft [CC 2]
*ḱt ṣṭ [ʂʈ] št [ʃt] st št [ʃt] kt ct [kt] ht [CC 2] ght [t] [CC 2]
*kt kt xt t? kt
*kʷt pt ct [kt]
*ps ps ps s, ss fs ps
*ḱs kṣ š sh [ʃ] ks x [ks] hs x [ks]
*ks kṣ11 xš11 (ks)
*kʷs kʷs ps x [ks]
*sd ḍ zd zd zd st d -t- [d] st st
*sdʰ ḍh zd zd zd sth -t- [d] zd d

Notes to Table 2:

Notes for table 1 and table 2:

6 Before or after a (PIE) u.
8 Between vowels.
9 Before a sonorant.
10 Before secondary (post-PIE) front-vowels.
11 After r, u, k, i (Ruki sound law).
12 Before a stressed vowel.
17 Before a consonant or original laryngeal.
19 After r, l, m, n, t, d, possibly other consonants?
21 At the beginning of a word.
22 Before or after an obstruent (p, t, k, etc.; s).
24 Between vowels, or between a vowel and r, l (on either side).

Vowels and syllabic consonants

This table shows the Proto-Indo-European vowels and syllabic consonants (as reconstructed both before and after the acceptance of laryngeal theory), and their reflexes in selected Indo-European daughter languages. Background and further details can be found in various related articles, including Proto-Indo-European phonology, the articles on the various sound laws referred to in the introduction, and the articles on the various IE proto-languages, language groups and language phonologies.

Trad. PIE Laryng. PIE Skr. Av. O.C.S. Lith. Arm. Alb. Toch. Hitt. Greek Latin18 Proto-Celtic Gothic19 Old English18
normal umlauted20
*e *e, *h₁e a e je, ie, e, i; ja12 ä e, ʔe, i e i; aí [ɛ]2 e; eo21 i; ie21
*a (*a3), *h₂e o a a ha, a ā ha, a a a æ; a;22ea21 e; ie21
*o *h₃e o, a a a, e a o
*o a; ā4
*ə16 *h₁16 i i, Ø Ø a, Ø ā Ø e a a, Ø
*h₂16 ḫ a
*h₃16 Ø o
*- *h₁-17 Ø e (a?) Ø a, Ø e (o) Ø
*h₂-17 a ḫa a
*h₃-17 a, ha o
*ē *ē, *eh₁ ā ě ė i o, ua a/e?; ā?8 ē, e, i ē ī ē ǣ
*ā (*ā3), *eh₂ a o [oː] a a/o? a, ah ā > ē15 ā ā ō ē
*ō *ō, *eh₃ uo u e a/ā?; ū?8 a, ā ō ā; ū8
*i *i i ь i i i; e10 ä i, ī i i; aí [ɛ]2 i
*ī *ih₁ ī i y [iː] i i ī ī ei [iː] ī
*ih₂ i
or (j)a?7
yā ī or (j)ā?7
*ih₃ ī or (j)ō?7
*ei *ei, *h₁ei ai > ē ai > ōi,
āi > aē4
ei; ie5 i e ē ei ī īa; ē6
*oi *oi, *h₃ei ě ai; ie5 e e, ai ē, ai oi ū oe ái ā ǣ
*ai (*ai3), *h₂ei ai ae ae
*ēi *ēi ai; ā8 āi; ā(i)8 i i ē ēi ī? ei [iː] ī
*ōi *ōi (*oei) y; u8 ai; ui8 e, ai ai ōi ō u8 ái ā ǣ
*āi *eh₂ei ě ai āi > ēi15 ae
*u *u u ъ u u u; y11 ä u u u u; o1 u; aú [ɔ]2 u; o23 y
*ū *uh₁ ū y ū y; i8 u ū ū ȳ
*uh₂ u
or (w)a?7
wā ū or (w)ā?7
*uh₃ ū or (w)ō?7
*eu *eu, *h₁eu ō ə̄u; ao4 ju iau oy e u eu ū ūa; ō9 iu ēo īe
*ou *ou,*h₃eu u au a o, au ou áu ēa
*au (*au3), *h₂eu aw au au
*ēu *ēu āu u iau e ū? iu ēo
*ōu *ōu a au ō áu ēa
*m̥ *m̥ a ę im̃; um̃14 am a äm a, un a em em, am um um ym
*m̥̅ *mh₁ ā ìm; ùm14 ama mā mē mā
*mh₂ mā > mē15
*mh₃ mō
*m̥m *m̥m am ьm/ъm im; um14 am am em am
*n̥ *n̥ a ę iñ; uñ14 an än an a en en, an un un yn
*n̥̄ *nh₁ ā ìn; ùn14 ana nā nē nā
*nh₂ nā > nē 15
*nh₃ nō
*n̥n *n̥n an ьn/ъn iñ; uñ14 an an en an
*l̥ *l̥ ṛ ərə lь/lъ il̃; ul̃14 al il, li; ul, lu äl al la ol li24; al ul ul; ol23 yl
*l̥̄ *lh₁ īr; ūr13 arə ìl; ùl14 ala al lā lē lā
*lh₂ lā > lē15
*lh₃ lō
*l̥l *l̥l ir; ur13 ar ьl/ъl il; ul14 al, la al el al
*r̥ *r̥ ṛ ərə rь/rъ ir̃; ur̃14 ar ir, ri; ur, ru är ar, ur ra or ri24; ar aúr [ɔr] ur; or23 yr
*r̥̄ *rh₁ īr; ūr13 arə ìr; ùr14 ara ra rā rē rā
*rh₂ rā > rē15
*rh₃ rō
*r̥r *r̥r ir; ur13 ar ьr/ъr ir; ur14 ar ar ar ar
Trad. PIE Laryng. PIE Skr. Av. O.C.S. Lith. Arm. Alb. Toch. Hitt. Greek Latin18 Proto-Celtic Gothic19 normal umlauted20
Old English18
Notes
  • 1 Before wa.
  • 2 Before r, h. Gothic, but not other Germanic languages, merges /e/ and /i/.
  • 3 The existence of PIE non-allophonic a is disputed.
  • 4 In open syllables (Brugmann's law).
  • 5 Under stress.
  • 6 Before palatal consonants.
  • 7 The so-called breaking is disputed (typical examples are *proti-h₃kʷo- > Ved. prátīkam ~ Gk. πρόσωπον; *gʷih₃u̯o- > Ved. jīvá- ~ Arm. keank‘, Gk. ζωός; *duh₂ro- > Ved. dūrá- ~ Arm. erkar, Gk. δηρός)
  • 8 In a final syllable.
  • 9 Before velars and unstressed
  • 10 Before ā in the following syllable.
  • 11 Before i in the following syllable.
  • 12 In a closed syllable.
  • 13 In the neighbourhood of labials.
  • 14 In the neighbourhood of labiovelars.
  • 15 ā > ē in Attic and Ionic dialects only.
  • 16 Between consonants, or at the end of a word after a consonant.
  • 17 At the beginning of a word, followed by a consonant.
  • 18 In initial syllables only.
  • 19 In non-final syllables only.
  • 20 Before i, ī, or /j/ in the next syllable in Proto-Germanic (i-umlaut).
  • 21 Before h, w, or before r, l plus a consonant ("breaking").
  • 22 Before a back vowel in the next syllable (a restoration).
  • 23 Before a non-high vowel in the next syllable (a-mutation).
  • 24 Before a stop or m.

Examples

See the list of Proto-Indo-European roots hosted at Wiktionary.

*p

*pṓds, ~ *ped-, "foot".[1]

*t

*tréyes, "three".[1]

*ḱ

*ḱm̥tóm, "hundred" (from earlier *dk̂m̥tóm)[1]

*k

*kréwh₂s, "raw flesh"[1]

Sound laws within PIE

A few phonological laws can be reconstructed that may have been effective prior to the final breakup of PIE by internal reconstruction.

See also

References