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satem

The definition of satem is being of a group of particular Indo-European languages.

(adjective)

An example of something satem is the Armenian language.

See satem in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

designating or of the group of Indo-European languages, including Indo-Iranian, Slavic, Baltic, Albanian, and Armenian, in which a prehistoric change of certain original stops into sibilants sets these languages apart from those of the centum group

Origin: < Avestan satəm, hundred < Sans sátám: see hundred): so named because the initial sound illustrates the typical development in this group of the IE palatal stop, which in the centum group is a velar stop

See satem in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Designating those Indo-European languages, including the Indo-Iranian, Armenian, and Balto-Slavic subfamilies, in which original palatal velar stops became fricatives (as k' > s or š) and labiovelar stops became plain velars (as kw > k).

Origin:

Origin: Avestan satəm, hundred (a word whose initial sound illustrates the change); see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots

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