Ling 150 Week 10 Day 2 Review

True or False: PIE speakers lived in a hot, dry climate with no snow.

• True

• False

True or False: PIE speakers domesticated animals such as horses and sheep.

• True

• False

True or False: PIE speakers had iron tools.

• True

• False

True or False: The Sanskrit word chakra and the English word wheel are cognates.

• True

• False

True or False: Grimm's Law describes how consonants changed from PIE to Germanic.

• True

• False

True or False: PIE speakers worshiped a water god.

• True

• False

True or False: Scholars believe that PIE originated in India.

• True

• False

True or False: According to the first sound change of Grimm's Law, voiced aspirated consonants changed to voiced consonants in Germanic languages.

• True

• False

According to the second sound change of Grimm's Law, the PIE consonant *b became which sound in Germanic languages?

• [bʰ]

• [w]

• [p]

• [f]

True or False: We are 100% sure what the grammar and phonology of PIE were like.

• True

• False