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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