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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' | ||