Proto-Greek

In the alphabets of several Greek cities of Anatolia, there occurs a character Ͳ used to spell the common reflex of Proto-Greek *k⁽ʷ⁾⁽ʰ⁾y, *t⁽ʰ⁾ + y and *tw.

Fat porkers get sacrificed 2010

But I do wonder how Proto-Greek came up with this form.

Missing honey 2010

Sure it'd be insane to reconstruct that form for anything earlier than Proto-Greek.

Missing honey 2010

In the alphabets of several Greek cities of Anatolia, there occurs a character Ͳ used to spell the common reflex of Proto-Greek *k⁽ʷ⁾⁽ʰ⁾y, *t⁽ʰ⁾ + y and *tw.

Archive 2010-06-01 2010

The devoicing of aspirates dates to Proto-Greek preceding the 2nd millenium BCE.

Rhaetic inscriptions Schum PU 1 and Schum CE 1 2008

Something similar happened in Proto-Greek, e.g. baino:

More comedy with the purported Etruscan name Ruifri 2008

Mycenaean Greek, the language of palace administration as recorded in the Linear B tablets, was clearly Greek, not Proto-Greek, by 1450 BCE, the date of the oldest preserved inscriptions.

Atlas Shrugs 2008

Mycenaean Greek, the language of palace administration as recorded in the Linear B tablets, was clearly Greek, not Proto-Greek, by 1450 BCE, the date of the oldest preserved inscriptions.

Atlas Shrugs 2008

Mycenaean Greek, the language of palace administration as recorded in the Linear B tablets, was clearly Greek, not Proto-Greek, by 1450 BCE, the date of the oldest preserved inscriptions.

Gates of Vienna 2008

In most cases, they dealt with words and functional elements, creating what are called reconstructions in hypothetical family prototypes called, variously, Proto-Latin, Proto-Greek, Proto-Germanic,

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 3 1984