"boukólos rule" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: the boukólos rule [canonical]
Etymology: The rule is named after an example of such a dissimilation: the Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”), which is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷól-os (“herder”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|βουκόλος||cowherd}} Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʷowkólos|*gʷow-kólos}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos, {{m|ine-pro|*gʷṓws|t=cow}} *gʷṓws (“cow”), {{m|ine-pro|*kʷólos|*kʷól-os|t=herder}} *kʷól-os (“herder”) Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the boukólos rule}} the boukólos rule
  1. (linguistics, phonology, Indo-European studies) A rule of the Proto-Indo-European reconstructed language that states that a labiovelar stop (*kʷ, *gʷ, *gʷʰ) dissimilates to an ordinary velar stop (*k, *g, *gʰ) next to the vowel *u or its corresponding glide *w. Wikipedia link: boukólos rule Tags: Indo-European-studies Categories (topical): Indo-European studies, Linguistics, Phonology

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