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*th + fric -> fric + t | *th + fric -> fric + t | ||
**ths -> st, as in ''sehf'' (go) -> *''thsehf'' -> ''stehf'' (to drive) (Modern ''binsteaf'' (energy), ''sămteaf'' (to energize)) | **ths -> st, as in ''sehf'' (go) -> *''thsehf'' -> ''stehf'' (to drive) (Modern ''binsteaf'' (energy), ''sămteaf'' (to energize)) | ||
**thf -> | **thf -> ft, e.g. ''tăfi'' (laugh) -> ''*tifti'' -> ''tifti'' (mock) (Classical and Modern Wdm. ''tăfi'', ''tifti'') | ||
Grassmann's law was productive in Old Windermere. When there were two spirant consonants before a stressed vowel in a word, the first was despirantized. e.g. *chăfol > căfol | Grassmann's law was productive in Old Windermere. When there were two spirant consonants before a stressed vowel in a word, the first was despirantized. e.g. *chăfol > căfol |
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