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==Skundavisk== | ==Skundavisk== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Middle Skundavisk ''-the'', ''-þue'', from Old Skundavisk ''-iþō'', from Halmisk ''-iþō'', from Proto-Germanic ''*-iþō''. | From Middle Skundavisk ''-the'', ''-þue'', from Old Skundavisk ''-iþō'', from Halmisk ''-ᛁᚦᛟ'' (''-iþō''), from Proto-Germanic ''*-iþō''. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
[[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /θə/ | * [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /θə/ | ||
===Suffix=== | ===Suffix=== | ||
'''- | '''-þe''' ''f.'' (''genitive'' '''-þe''', ''plural'' '''-þer''') | ||
# -th ''(used to form nouns from adjectives)'' | # -th ''(used to form nouns from adjectives)'' | ||
#:''foul > fyl''' | #:''foul > fyl'''þe''' '' | ||
#:: ''foul > fil'''th''' '' | #:: ''foul > fil'''th''' '' | ||
====Usage notes==== | ====Usage notes==== | ||
The | The main vowel of the adjective usually undergoes i-umlaut when the suffix is attached to it. This was originally due to the /i/ vowel of the Germanic suffix, but the umlaut continued to operate after the fall of this /i/ sound through analogy. | ||
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
====Derived terms==== | ====Derived terms==== | ||
Latest revision as of 07:13, 6 September 2023
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk -the, -þue, from Old Skundavisk -iþō, from Halmisk -ᛁᚦᛟ (-iþō), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /θə/
Suffix
-þe f. (genitive -þe, plural -þer)
- -th (used to form nouns from adjectives)
- foul > fylþe
- foul > filth
- foul > fylþe
Usage notes
The main vowel of the adjective usually undergoes i-umlaut when the suffix is attached to it. This was originally due to the /i/ vowel of the Germanic suffix, but the umlaut continued to operate after the fall of this /i/ sound through analogy.