iotation

Meaning

Noun

  • A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant to form a palatalized consonant.
  • Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα + English -tion.

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