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*some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters
*some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters
==Sandhi==
==Sandhi==
*th + fric -> fric + t
**ths -> st, as in sehf (go) -> *thsehf -> stehf (to drive) (Modern binsteaf (energy), sămteaf (to energize))
**thf -> thb, e.g. tăfi (laugh) -> *tifti -> tifti (mock) (Classical and Modern Wdm. dăfi, difti)

Revision as of 11:57, 2 August 2018

  • breathy vowel + p t k > breathy vowel + b d g
  • some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters

Sandhi

  • th + fric -> fric + t
    • ths -> st, as in sehf (go) -> *thsehf -> stehf (to drive) (Modern binsteaf (energy), sămteaf (to energize))
    • thf -> thb, e.g. tăfi (laugh) -> *tifti -> tifti (mock) (Classical and Modern Wdm. dăfi, difti)