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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 <nowiki><q></nowiki>, <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. <nowiki><q></nowiki>, <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.