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Old Windermere had the following prefixes: | Old Windermere had the following prefixes: | ||
*''*th-'' (causative; denominal verbs) | *''*th-'' (causative; denominal verbs) | ||
*''pi-'' (agentive; triggers voicing of voiceless stops ''p t c'' to ''b d g'') | *''pi-'' (agentive; triggers voicing of following voiceless stops ''p t c'' to ''b d g'') | ||
**''da'' (know) -> ''pĭda'' | **''da'' (know) -> ''pĭda'' 'sage' (Classical ''păda'', Modern ''pda'') | ||
**''tüth'' (to grasp) -> ''pĭdüth'' | **''tüth'' (to grasp) -> ''pĭdüth'' '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''. | ||