Satem
Alternative forms
Origin
Avestan ð¬¯ð¬€ð¬™ð¬†ð¬¨ (satÉ™m, "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").
Full definition of satem
Adjective
satem
- (Indo-European linguistics) referring to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.