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*breathy vowel + p t k > breathy vowel + b d g | *breathy vowel + p t k > breathy vowel + b d g | ||
*some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters | *some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters | ||
*Behavior of | *Behavior of laryngeals | ||
*f was something unvoiced like /φ/ so the breathiness should move to the right in Windermere and yield a breathy vowel on the last syllable? | **f was something unvoiced like /φ/ so the breathiness should move to the right in Windermere and yield a breathy vowel on the last syllable? | ||
**H was something breathy and murmured voice | **H was something breathy and murmured voice so it affects a vowel directly adjacent to it, either to the left or right | ||
*X becomes h, word-finally /x/ | **X becomes h, word-finally /x/ | ||
*Get final /b d g/ -- Georgian-ish consonant clusters? | *Get final /b d g/ -- Georgian-ish consonant clusters? | ||
**Pre-Grimm's law ''*pnürd'' > Pre-Windermere ''*pnürð'' > ''fnüd'' 'day' | **Pre-Grimm's law ''*pnürd'' > Pre-Windermere ''*pnürð'' > ''fnüd'' 'day' |
Latest revision as of 14:37, 24 January 2022
- Preinitial vowel reduction, mostly to ă and i.
- Grimm's law: p t k > f th ch; b d g > p t k
- breathy vowel + p t k > breathy vowel + b d g
- some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters
- Behavior of laryngeals
- f was something unvoiced like /φ/ so the breathiness should move to the right in Windermere and yield a breathy vowel on the last syllable?
- H was something breathy and murmured voice so it affects a vowel directly adjacent to it, either to the left or right
- X becomes h, word-finally /x/
- Get final /b d g/ -- Georgian-ish consonant clusters?
- Pre-Grimm's law *pnürd > Pre-Windermere *pnürð > fnüd 'day'
- Pre-Grimm's law *anèrp > Windermere neab 'end'
Etymologies
- *mpuʔ > Wdm. bü 'baby'
- cmath 'jaw' < *gmät
- thbam 'peace, calm' < *t- + *nbäm "quiet"
- ămuch 'full' < ʔmok
- thăpeal < tobel-s 'laurel' (from substrate)
- cliem "number" < *glim "collect" + -s
- chwep "light" < kweb
- tsoa < tsHo 'morning'
- ărăngeal 'terrible' < ʔi⟨r⟩ŋHel < *ʔiŋHel 'fear'
- fnüd < pnund 'day'
- neab < nemp-s 'end'