Palatovelars before syllabic resonants: another look

Abstract

We arrive at the following relative chronology:

1. Depalatalization before syllabic *r̥ (Proto-Indo-European),

2. Depalatalization before syllabic *l̥ (Balto-Slavic, Albanian, Armenian),

3a. Rise of an epenthetic vowel before syllabic nasals (Balto-Slavic, Armenian),

3b. Depalatalization before syllabic nasals (Albanian),

4. Rise of an epenthetic vowel before syllabic nasals (Albanian).