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136 Proto-Indo-European Phonology'to burn,' OCS goreli 'to burn,' Russ. fur m 'heat, emhers.' - Further, cfverbal PIE *sengwh_e_ with the nom act. *songWh-ehr: The former is continuedin Got. siggwan 'to sing, to recite'; the latter in Gr. 0111\ f. 'divine voice,oracl :' « *homp"li). The verbal zero grade form *-sTJgwh- is apparently evidentm the Homeric form aam MIh1 in the sense of 'the shield soundedupon him),' the lineage of which is to this day unclear: -7 M. Meier-Briiggerm MSS 50 1989 p. 91 ff and cf. E 508 § I. - Concerning Latin nix niv-is'snow' and ninguit 'it snows' < PIE *snejgwh_ cf. E 501.2) .The Germanic form *_gW_ is only preserved in Gothic in a post-nasalposItIon as gW, compare Got. siggwan in § I. Concerning OHG sniwan 'tosnow' < PIE * snejgwh_ cf. E 50 I § 2. Correspondence sets for the wordinitialGermanic *g- < PIE *gwh_ are only given when they show g-, 111-, orev n b- as contm lIons. Thus, as an example, PIE *gwher_ 'to bum' [above §I] IS connected WIth the Germanic fumilies ofNHG gar, warm, and brennen.However, only one of these three groups can he the correct one: -7 E. Seebold"Die Vertrelung von anlaulend idg. g'h und ghl} im Germanischen" inFachlagung Wien 1978 [1980] p. 450-484.8. Assimilations and DissimilationsL 346. Direct contact between occlusives leads to assimilation. Thus atenuis preceding a media results in a media; a media preceding a tenisresults m a tenuis. Assimilations are also otherwise produced c[ L 215 §2 and L 303.*Examples: - The zero grade of PIE *ped- 'foot,' namely *pd-, becomes-bd-, cf. LAv. acc. sg· fra-bd-am 'front foot,' cf. Or. €7n-flO-o f. in the senseof 'the day following (* at the foot of) the celebration.' However, the Greekterm IS nly superficially formed from -bd-; it is more precisely based upon the-la- ferrurune *epi-bd-jii. An exceptional phonetic development *-bdj- > -bdwouldthus be suggested: -7 Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 1939 p. 475 and Frisk GEW. v .. -.The zero de oot form PIE *nigW_ 'to wash' (Yed. nir-nih-iintiwIU