A neglected phonetic law: the assimilation of pre- tonic yod to a following coronal in North-West Semitic1
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tonic yod to a following coronal in North-West Semitic1 Romain Garnier, Université de Limoges and Guillaume Jacques, CNRS (Paris) Abstract: This paper shows the existence of a pretonic assimilation of *y to a following coronal consonant (including *y from proto-Semitic *y and *w) in North-West Semitic languages. This rule, which has been obscured by analogy in each of the North-West Semitic languages, explains three independent sets of facts: the formation of irregular maqtal-s in Hebrew, Phoenician and Aramaic; the irregular conjugations of several verbs in Hebrew; the plural formation of the irregular noun “house” in Hebrew and Aramaic. This proposal also solves the long-standing problem of the etymology of the verb “to give” in North-West Semitic languages (NTN in Hebrew vs. YTN in Phoenician).
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