Knench/Old: Difference between revisions

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-Stress shifts away from final by one foot; this stress shift happens at the same time as the Welsh penultimate stress shift and leads to umlaut downstream
+'''Old Knench''' is defined as the stage of Knench after the Knench stress shift (the shift from ~fixed ultimate stress to fixed penultimate stress), which took place around the 5th century. This stage must be reconstructed, as Knench is sparsely attested until the 11th century (the beginning of Middle Knench).
 == Phonology ==
 === Knench New Quantity System ===
-Gemination is lost at this point, with the information transferring to the preceding vowel
+Shift to penult stress; vowels lengthen in stressed syllables or monosyllables, phonemicizing vowel quality.
-== Grammar ==
+Gemination is lost at this point, with the information transferring to the preceding vowel: *farrō{{acute}} 'cow' -> ''faro'' /ˈfaːɾʌ/
-=== Pronouns ===
-* 1sg: ''nůch''/''ni(ch)'' (indep); ''-i'' (possessive or prep.); ''-ni'' (direct object)
-* 2sg.m: ''atho'' (indep); ''-cho'' (oblique)
-* 2sg.f: ''ethy'' (indep); ''-chy'' (oblique)
-* 3sg.m: ''ḧi'' (indep); ''-ů'' (oblique)
-* 3sg.f: ''ḧi'' (indep); ''-oho'' (oblique)
-* 1pl: ''nanu'' (indep); ''-nu'' (oblique)
-* 2pl: ''ethym'' (indep); ''-chym'' (oblique)
-* 3pl: ''hym'' (?) (indep); ''-em'' (?) (oblique)