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Classical Windermere had a complex sandhi system (somewhere between Biblical Hebrew and Sanskrit) which is no longer productive in Modern Windermere; most notably it affected plurals and verb forms, making them less predictable. | Classical Windermere had a complex sandhi system (somewhere between Biblical Hebrew and Sanskrit) which is no longer productive in Modern Windermere; most notably it affected plurals and verb forms, making them less predictable. | ||
*th + fric → fric + t | *th + fric → fric + t | ||
** | **θs → st, as in ''sèf'' 'go' → *''thsèf'' → ''stèf'' 'to drive' (Modern ''binsteaf'' 'energy', ''sămteaf'' 'to energize') | ||
** | **θφ → φθ, e.g. ''tăfi'' 'laugh' → ''*tithfi'' → ''tifti'' 'to mock' (Classical and Modern Wdm. ''tăfi'', ''tifti'') | ||
** | **θχ → χθ e.g. Proto-Windermere ''àrθχa'' → ''răchta'' 'to die' | ||
**thł, thș → łt, șt | **thł, thș → łt, șt | ||
*ch + f, s, th, ł, ș → chw, ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? | *ch + f, s, th, ł, ș → chw, ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? | ||