• Satem

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    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").

    Full definition of satem

    Adjective

    satem

    1. (Indo-European linguistics) referring to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced sibilants from a series of palatovelar stops.

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