satem
See also: Satem
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨 (satəm, “hundred”). The canonical example of a word that changed Proto-Indo-European palatovelar */ḱ/ into sibilant /s/ by the 3rd millennium BCE, as opposed to Latin centum (“hundred”). Doublet of hundred and centum.
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satem (not comparable)
- (Indo-European studies) Of or relating to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.
- Antonym: centum
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satem n (uncountable)