centumize

Etymology

From centum + -ize.

centumize means to convert a palatovelar to a plain velar in a centum language. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.

verb

To convert a palatovelar to a plain velar in a centum language.“The linguists generally proceed from a centum mother language of the “Indo-Europeans”, from which the satəm dialects have de[s]cended. Some indications speak, however, in favour of the reciprocal phonetic changes, i.e. a satəm original form, centumized later.”