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Old Windermere had the following prefixes:
Old Windermere had the following prefixes:
*''th-'' (causative; denominal verbs)
*''th-'' (causative; denominal verbs)
*''p-'' (agentive; triggers voicing of voiceless stops ''p t c'' to ''b d g'')
*''pi-'' (agentive; triggers voicing of voiceless stops ''p t c'' to ''b d g'')
**''da'' (know) -> ''păda'' (master; ''pda'' in Modern Windermere)
**''da'' (know) -> ''pida'' (master; ''pda'' in Modern Windermere)
**''tüth'' (to grasp) -> ''pădüth'' (meaning, intention)
**''tüth'' (to grasp) -> ''pidüth'' (meaning, intention)
*''ha-'' (passive)
*''ha-'' (passive)


Old Windermere also used breathy voice ablaut to denote tools: ''snar'' (capture) -> ''snahr'' (trap, snare) which survives in Modern Windermere as ''snär''.
Old Windermere also used breathy voice ablaut to denote tools: ''snar'' (capture) -> ''snahr'' (trap, snare) which survives in Modern Windermere as ''snär''.
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