Etymological and Phonetic Correspondences of the word "CHIEF"
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
by IvanPetryshyn
Ivan Petryshyn
The etymology of the English word "chief" has its very interesting correspondences in other E-U Languages:
E.: CHIEF / CHI:F/
IT.: CIUFFO /' CHYUF:O/
UKR.: / CHOUB/
BAT- / CHOU'V-ATY/
RUSS.: /' CHOUYAT'/
FR.: CHEVAL/ SHE'VAL'/
GYPSY:CHAVALE./ CHA'VALE/
The most important regulations for the phonological 'doublets' for the word CHIEF revel the following regulations:
1. CH=SH/K;
2. I: = E/OU - the strong positioned A;
3. palatalization under the influence of I:, or iotizing YU; semi-palatalization/adaptive palatalization under the influence of E before the initial SH/ A before CH;
4. lack of palatalization after K+A;
5. F=B=V=Y(a).
The phonetic correspondences regulations of the above given examples stand the critics for the following reasons:
1/ the strict and consecutive correspondence of the following the CH/SH palatalization: I:, E, YU /iotizing/;
2/ OU preceeding B/V/Y;
3/ the absence of the palatalization in CH_V/K_V consonant interdepended chains, where the general shwa A is used;
4/ the interchangeability of F-V;
5/ the evolution of the K> SH> CH
A special attention is to be given to
*UKR: /DZYOB/
*POL.: DZIO'B
* IT.: BECCO /'BEK:O/
* EN.: BEAK /BI:K/
Ivan Petryshyn
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