Definitions from Wiktionary (Cowgill's law)
▸ noun: (Indo-European studies) A law of sound change, stating that a former /o/ vowel in Proto-Greek becomes /u/ between a resonant (/r/, /l/, /m/, /n/) and a labial consonant (including labiovelars), in either order.
▸ noun: (Indo-European studies) A law of sound change, stating that a Proto-Indo-European laryngeal /h₃/, and possibly /hâ‚‚/, turns into /k/ when directly preceded by a sonorant and followed by /w/.
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▸ noun: (Indo-European studies) A law of sound change, stating that a former /o/ vowel in Proto-Greek becomes /u/ between a resonant (/r/, /l/, /m/, /n/) and a labial consonant (including labiovelars), in either order.
▸ noun: (Indo-European studies) A law of sound change, stating that a Proto-Indo-European laryngeal /h₃/, and possibly /hâ‚‚/, turns into /k/ when directly preceded by a sonorant and followed by /w/.
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