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Palatalized consonants never developed in Southwest Slavic (modern Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian), and the merger of *ľ *ň *ř with *l *n *r did not happen before front vowels (although Serbian and Croatian later merged *ř with *r).
Proto-Slavic had acquired front vowels, ē (possibly an open front vowel [æː]) and sometimes ī, from the earlier change of *ai to *ē/ī. This resulted in new sequences of velars followed by front vowels, where they did not occur before. Additionally, some new loanwords also had such sequences.
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in Proto-Balto-Slavic / Pre-Proto-Slavic, *o and *a merged as *a. in Proto-Slavic, *ō and *ā merged as *ā (these vowels remained distinct in Proto-Baltic). as a result, Proto-Slavic had 4 short vowels and 4 long vowels: *i, *u, *e, *a, *ī, *ū, *ē, *ā (*e and *ē may have been /ɛ/ and /ɛː/). the "mixed diphthongs", vowel plus sonorant ...
The two vowels ь and ъ, known as (front and back) yer, were originally pronounced as short high vowels. During the late Proto-Slavic period, a pattern emerged in these vowels which characterised a yer as either "strong" or "weak". This change is known as Havlík's law. A yer at the end of a word, or preceding a strong yer or non-yer vowel was ...
Oct 11, 2022 · Vowel IE/B-S Slavic; Short close front vowel (front yer) i: ĭ or ь: Short close back vowel (back yer) u: ŭ or ъ: Short open back vowel: a: o: Long close front vowel: ī: i: Long close back vowel: ū: y and u: Long open front vowel (yat) ē: ě: Long open back vowel: ā: a
Mar 6, 2021 · 1. @Anixx True, but they also come from *in and *an, for example. – Draconis ♦. Mar 6, 2021 at 17:40. Add a comment. Sorted by: PBS * lúnˀka "bast" (*) > * lų́ka > Common Slavic * lỳko > Russian лыко. Compare Lithuanian lùnkas. PBS * deśimtas "tenth" > * desįtu > Common Slavic * desętъ > Russian десятый.
Sep 13, 2011 · The only difference between the various Slavic languages with respect to the Second Slavic Palatalization concerns its application if the velar and the front vowel are separated by a glide /w/. In these exceptional circumstances, the Second Slavic Palatalization applied only in South Slavic (including Old Church Slavonic), but not in West or ...
