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==Skundavisk== | ==Skundavisk== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Middle Skundavisk ''-ig'', from Old Skundavisk ''-iga'', ''-ga'', from Halmisk ''-ga'', ''-gaŕ'', from Proto-Germanic ''*-gaz''. In Proto-Germanic and Halmisk, forms in ''-ag-'', ''-ig-'' and ''-ug-'' existed depending on the final vowel of the root. However, the ''-ig-'' form superseded the others during the Old Skundavisk phase, often causing umlaut of the root vowel. | From Middle Skundavisk ''-ig'', from Old Skundavisk ''-iga'', ''-ga'', from Halmisk ''-ᚷᚨ'' (''-ga''), ''-ᚷᚨᛉ'' (''-gaŕ''), from Proto-Germanic ''*-gaz''. In Proto-Germanic and Halmisk, forms in ''-ag-'', ''-ig-'' and ''-ug-'' existed depending on the final vowel of the root. However, the ''-ig-'' form superseded the others during the Old Skundavisk phase, often causing umlaut of the root vowel. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
Revision as of 01:32, 8 November 2019
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk -ig, from Old Skundavisk -iga, -ga, from Halmisk -ᚷᚨ (-ga), -ᚷᚨᛉ (-gaŕ), from Proto-Germanic *-gaz. In Proto-Germanic and Halmisk, forms in -ag-, -ig- and -ug- existed depending on the final vowel of the root. However, the -ig- form superseded the others during the Old Skundavisk phase, often causing umlaut of the root vowel.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ig
- -y (used to form adjectives from nouns)
- stål > stælig
- steel > steely
- stål > stælig