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==Skundavisk==
==Skundavisk==
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Middle Skundavisk ''-ig'', from Old Skundavisk ''-iga'', ''-ga'', from Halmisk ''-ga'', ''-gaŕ'', from Proto-Germanic ''*-gaz''. In Proto-Germanic and Halmisk, forms in ''-ag-'', ''-ig-'' and ''-ug-'' existed depending on the final vowel of the root. However, the ''-ig-'' form superseded the others during the Old Skundavisk phase, often causing umlaut of the root vowel.
From Middle Skundavisk ''-ig'', from Old Skundavisk ''-iga'', ''-ga'', from Halmisk ''-ᚷᚨ'' (''-ga''), ''-ᚷᚨᛉ'' (''-gaŕ''), from Proto-Germanic ''*-gaz''. In Proto-Germanic and Halmisk, forms in ''-ag-'', ''-ig-'' and ''-ug-'' existed depending on the final vowel of the root. However, the ''-ig-'' form superseded the others during the Old Skundavisk phase, often causing umlaut of the root vowel.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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'''-ig'''
'''-ig'''


# -y ''(used to form adjectives from nouns)''
# -y ''(used to form adjectives from nouns or adjectives)''
#:''stål > stæl'''ig''' ''
#:''stål > stæl'''ig''' ''
#:: ''steel > steel'''y''' ''
#:: ''steel > steel'''y''' ''

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk -ig, from Old Skundavisk -iga, -ga, from Halmisk -ᚷᚨ (-ga), -ᚷᚨᛉ (-gaŕ), from Proto-Germanic *-gaz. In Proto-Germanic and Halmisk, forms in -ag-, -ig- and -ug- existed depending on the final vowel of the root. However, the -ig- form superseded the others during the Old Skundavisk phase, often causing umlaut of the root vowel.

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA: /ɪj/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /ɪ/

Suffix

-ig

  1. -y (used to form adjectives from nouns or adjectives)
    stål > stælig
    steel > steely


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