Meanings
verbsatemize (third-person singular simple present satemizes, present participle satemizing, simple past and past participle satemized)
present singular third person satemizes · participle present satemizing · participle past satemized · past satemized · alternative satemise
- Indo European studiesTo convert a palatovelar to a fricative or an affricate in a satem language.
However, it is questionable whether we could distinguish even the centumized or satemized consonants from the Late Proto-Indo-European consonants through the Uralic filter: […]
2023, Jaakko Häkkinen, “On locating Proto-Uralic”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, number 68, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 52
Origin
From satem + -ize. Doublet of centumize
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