Naeng/Diachronics
< Naeng
- Preinitial vowel reduction, mostly to ă and i.
- Grimm's law: p t k > f th ch; b d g > p t k
- breathy vowel + p t k > breathy vowel + b d g
- some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters
- Get final /b d g/ -- Georgian-ish consonant clusters?
- Pre-Grimm's law *pnürd > Pre-Windermere *pnürð > fnüd 'day'
- Pre-Grimm's law *anèrp > Windermere neab 'end'
Etymologies
- *mpuʔ > Wdm. bü 'baby'
- cmath 'jaw' < *gmät
- thbam 'peace, calm' < *t- + *nbäm "quiet"
- ămuch 'full' < ʔmok
- thăpeal < tobel-s 'laurel' (from substrate)
- cliem "number" < *glim "collect" + -s
- chwep "light" < kweb
- tsoa < tsHo 'morning'
- ărăngeal 'terrible' < ʔi⟨r⟩ŋHel < *ʔiŋHel 'fear'
- fnüd < pnund 'day'
- neab < nemp-s 'end'