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*''stēn'' ‘stone’, from *''stainaz''. | *''stēn'' ‘stone’, from *''stainaz''. | ||
*''þēht'' ‘tight’, from *''þenhtaz''. | *''þēht'' ‘tight’, from *''þenhtaz''. | ||
'''q''', '''ʒ''', and '''ƕ''': The “labiovelar” letters <q>, <ʒ>, and <ƕ> have several possible articulations depending on their placement in a word and their proximities to other vowels and consonants. The letter <ʒ> in particular is the realization of Germanic verschärfung, which comes from Proto-Germanic combinations such as *gg, *gw, *ww, and *gwj. It may also arise from an intervocalic *w in certain circumstances. The other labiovelar consonants, *hw and *kw, followed the pattern of *gw later in the development of Northeadish. The rules for these letters, while many, are all the same. <q>, <ʒ>, and <ƕ> are pronounced as: | '''q''', '''ʒ''', and '''ƕ''': The “labiovelar” letters < q >, <ʒ>, and <ƕ> have several possible articulations depending on their placement in a word and their proximities to other vowels and consonants. The letter <ʒ> in particular is the realization of Germanic [[verschärfung]], which comes from Proto-Germanic combinations such as *gg, *gw, *ww, and *gwj. It may also arise from an intervocalic *w in certain circumstances. The other labiovelar consonants, *hw and *kw, followed the pattern of *gw later in the development of Northeadish. The rules for these letters, while many, are all the same. < q >, <ʒ>, and <ƕ> are pronounced as: | ||
*[k, g, x], respectively, between two consonants, or after a consonant when word-final. | *[k, g, x], respectively, between two consonants, or after a consonant when word-final. | ||
**''steŋqdȳr'' ‘skunk’ [stɛŋk.dyːr] | **''steŋqdȳr'' ‘skunk’ [stɛŋk.dyːr] | ||