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# -th ''(used to form nouns from adjectives)'' | # -th ''(used to form nouns from adjectives)'' | ||
#:''foul > fyl'''the''' '' | #:''foul > fyl'''the''' '' | ||
#:: ''foul > | #:: ''foul > fil'''th''' '' | ||
====Usage notes==== | ====Usage notes==== |
Revision as of 13:01, 19 November 2018
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk -the, -þue, from Old Skundavisk -iþō, from Halmisk -iþō, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō.
Pronunciation
IPA: /θə/
Suffix
-the f. (genitive -the, plural -ther)
- -th (used to form nouns from adjectives)
- foul > fylthe
- foul > filth
- foul > fylthe
Usage notes
The original /i/ vowel linking the adjective and the suffix caused umlaut of the main root-vowel. This umlaut was later applied through analogy to nouns that were formed after the fall of this /i/.