User:Chrysophylax/Skājamāl

1. z > s / _# [unconditionally]
2. s > h / _#

   *baisah ( < *baizaz) which later gives bērah

3. ō > ā
4. vowels [+nasal] > vowels [-nasal] [+length]
5. γ > j / #_V, V_V

   skājah ( < *skōgaz)

6. γ > v̄ / V_[+voiced +consonant]
7. þ > h / _R

   *mahlā ( < *maþlą) which later gives māl

8. ā > ē / [+dental +consonant +nasal]_#
9. Spontaneous haplogy (sic).
10. f > hw / _V
11. þ > s [unconditionally]
12. nd > n / V_V
13. ă ĕ ŏ > Ø / _#
14. If a word by result of law 13 becomes monosyllabic, lengthen the stem vowel for compensation.
15. If a word by result of law 13 terminates in -w, turn it into -u.
16. ĭ ŭ > e o / _#
17. s > h / _R
18. j > Ø /#_V
19. h > Ø /V_C
20. Compensatory vowel lengthening follows the above law.
22. b > v / V_V
25. Words of three or more syllables may occasionally experience V > Ø / _#
26. ai > ē when stressed

    ērīs 'he/she/it frightens' ( < *gaisīþi) cf. avajs 'he/she/it has' ( < *habaiþi)

Example sentences

1. sā hweū hwurhte sanā wulhwā hwure avajs

   þō fehū furhti þaną wulfą furi habaiþi.

   'The cattle has fear of the wolf.'

2. sa wulhwā sā hweū ērīs

   sa wulfaz þō fehū ?gaisīþi. ( PIE *gheis-, cf. Goth. usgaisjan)

   'The wolf terrorizes the cattle.'

A man says to another man…

This is in step 16 Skājamāl

— O, Hweho!
— Hweho?
— Hwehōh?!
— Ne, hweho!
— Hahā, hweho!

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