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# ā > ē / [+dental +consonant +nasal]_#
# ā > ē / [+dental +consonant +nasal]_#
# Spontaneous haplogy ('''sic''').
# Spontaneous haplogy ('''sic''').
#: ''*nimði'' ( < ''*nimiði'')
#: ''*nimði'' < ''*nimiði'' ( < *nimidi)
# f > hw / _V
# f > hw / _V
#: ''*hwehu'' ( < *fehu)
#: ''*hwehu'' ( < *fehu)
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# s > h / _R
# s > h / _R
# j > Ø /#_V
# j > Ø /#_V
# h > Ø /V_C
# h > Ø /V_C, with compensatory lenghtening of the preceding vowel
# Compensatory vowel lengthening follows the above law.
#: mālā  < ''*mahlā'' ( < *maþlą)
# s > z / V_V
# s > z / V_V
# b > v / V_V
# b > v / V_V

Revision as of 06:50, 14 December 2013

  1. merger of overlong into long vowels
    *pūkō ( < *pūkô)
  2. d > þ / r_ / (represent /d/ as [þ] here for later word changes, cf. Go waurd, ON orð) but not after [l], [n], or [m]
    *wurþą ( < wurdą)
  3. d > ð / V_V (show /d/ = [ð] intervocalically)
    *nimiði ( < *nimidi)
  4. z > s / _# [unconditionally]
    *gaisas ( < *gaizaz)
  5. s > h / _#
    *baisah ( < *baizaz) which later gives bērah
  6. ō > ā
  7. vowels [+nasal] > vowels [-nasal] [+length]
    *breustā ( < *breustą)
  8. γ > j / #_V, V_V
    *jaisīþi ( < **gaisīþi), skājah ( < *skōgaz)
  9. γ > v̄ / V_[+voiced +consonant]
  10. þ > h / _R
    *mahlā ( < *maþlą) which later gives māl
  11. ā > ē / [+dental +consonant +nasal]_#
  12. Spontaneous haplogy (sic).
    *nimði < *nimiði ( < *nimidi)
  13. f > hw / _V
    *hwehu ( < *fehu)
  14. þ > s [unconditionally]
    sat ( < *þat), wursā < *wurþā ( < *wurdą)
  15. d > n / nV_V
    annā ( < *andô)
  16. ă ĕ ŏ > Ø / _# (unless monosyllabic) (Short vowel deletion rule)
  17. If a word by result of the short vowel deletion becomes monosyllabic, lengthen the stem vowel for compensation.
  18. If a word by result of the aforementioned rule terminates in -w, it becomes -u.
  19. ĭ ŭ > e o / _#
    alo ( < *alu)
  20. s > h / _R
  21. j > Ø /#_V
  22. h > Ø /V_C, with compensatory lenghtening of the preceding vowel
    mālā < *mahlā ( < *maþlą)
  23. s > z / V_V
  24. b > v / V_V
  25. d > z / V_V
  26. z > r / V_V (unless following or preceding syllable already has r)
  27. Words of three or more syllables may occasionally experience V > Ø / _#
  28. ai ei eu > ē ī iu when stressed
    ējum ( < *aigum, pres act 1pl of *aiganą), rīzanā ( < *reidaną~rīdaną), kiuranā ( < *keusaną)
    ērīs 'he/she/it frightens' ( < *gaisīþi) cf. avajs 'he/she/it has' ( < *habaiþi)

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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!

Listen to this dialogue read by D. Salo