Pre-Húsnorsk: Difference between revisions
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*Nasals are definitively lost before /s/, nasalizing the preceding the vowel. This seems to also affect nasals before *z | *Nasals are definitively lost before /s/, nasalizing the preceding the vowel. This seems to also affect nasals before *z | ||
*-Vn develops into a nasal vowel (eg. *habjan > *habją (Pre-Húsnorsk ''hæfą'')) | *-Vn develops into a nasal vowel (eg. *habjan > *habją (Pre-Húsnorsk ''hæfą'')) | ||
*stressed e breaks into ja, unless following w or r | *stressed e breaks into ja, unless following w or r | ||
*j lost word initially, and w lost before round vowels | *j lost word initially, and w lost before round vowels | ||
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**with i and u: /e, ɛ, a, o/ > /y, ø, œ, y/ | **with i and u: /e, ɛ, a, o/ > /y, ø, œ, y/ | ||
**A unique feature of Húsnorsk is i-umlauted /i/ and u-umlauted /u/, these undergo breaking to /je/ and /wo/, | **A unique feature of Húsnorsk is i-umlauted /i/ and u-umlauted /u/, these undergo breaking to /je/ and /wo/, | ||
*Word final ē in Proto-Norse develops into ī in Pre-Húsnorsk, but remains as ē elsewhere. It also becomes ī before ʀ. | |||
*/au/ and /øy/ merge to /øy/ | */au/ and /øy/ merge to /øy/ | ||
*coda /l/ had likely developed into /ʟ/ by Old Húsnorsk | *coda /l/ had likely developed into /ʟ/ by Old Húsnorsk | ||