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===Coronal Consonant Assimilation=== | ===Coronal Consonant Assimilation=== | ||
This rule has a formidable name, but is actually common to all Germanic languages. This rule states that whenever a coronal consonant (namely, | This rule has a formidable name, but is actually common to all Germanic languages. This rule states that whenever a coronal consonant (namely, d, t, or þ) is directly followed by ‹t› or ‹st›, the coronal consonant becomes s. This accounts for the English word ''best'', from earlier ''betst'', from *''batest''. This applies mainly to second person preterit strong verbs, e.g. ''ǧutna'' ‘to pour’ and ''biǧin'' ‘to bid’ have a second person preterit of ''gǭst'' ‘you poured’ and ''bast'' ‘you bade’, rather than the otherwise expected **''gǭtt'' and **''baþt''. | ||
===Syncope of Unstressed Non-High Middle Vowel=== | ===Syncope of Unstressed Non-High Middle Vowel=== |