Etymograph > Indo-European > Ancient Greek > Historical Phonology

grk-aspirate-devoicing

From Proto-Indo-European to Ancient Greek

Source: Ringe 2024:125

bʰ > φ

Examples

FromToGlossStepsExpected
PIE *bʰeroHφέρωcarry.pres-1sgbʰeroH > φεροHφεροH

dʰ > θ
ǵʰ > χ
gʰ > χ
gʷʰ > χʷ

Sequences

pie-to-grk: previous grk-voicing-assimilation, next grk-lenition-of-s