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*some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters | *some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters | ||
*Get final /b d g/ -- consonant clusters? | *Get final /b d g/ -- consonant clusters? | ||
**Pre- | **Pre-Grimm's law ''*pnürd'' > Pre-Windermere ''*pnürð'' > ''fnüd'' 'day' | ||
==Sandhi== | ==Sandhi== | ||
*th + fric -> fric + t | *th + fric -> fric + t | ||
Revision as of 23:58, 30 September 2018
- Preinitial vowel reduction, mostly to ă and i.
- breathy vowel + p t k > breathy vowel + b d g
- some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters
- Get final /b d g/ -- consonant clusters?
- Pre-Grimm's law *pnürd > Pre-Windermere *pnürð > fnüd 'day'
Sandhi
- th + fric -> fric + t
- ths -> st, as in sehf (go) -> *thsehf -> stehf (to drive) (Modern binsteaf (energy), sămteaf (to energize))
- thf -> ft, e.g. tăfi (laugh) -> *titfi -> tifti (mock)
- rC, lC > Cr, Cl
- ps pt pn png > sp pr fn fng
- tp cp kp > tw tsw cw; breathy vowel + tp tsp kp > thw tsw chw
- ck kc cp pc sc ts > sc sc sp sp st st