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Cowgill's law
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English
Etymology
Named after Indo-Europeanist Warren Cowgill.
Proper noun
en Indo-European studies A law of sound change, stating that a former /o/ vowel in Proto-Greek becomes /u/ between a resonant (/r/, /l/, /m/, /n/) and a labial consonant (including labiovelars), in either order.
en Indo-European studies A law of sound change, stating that a Proto-Indo-European laryngeal /h₃/, and possibly /h₂/, turns into /k/ when directly preceded by a sonorant and followed by /w/.
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