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====/nd/ vs. /nθ/==== | ====/nd/ vs. /nθ/==== | ||
* The Gothic third person plural and gerund ending ''–nd'' shows the variation ''–nþ'' in Griutungi. The ''–nþ'' ending also appears in the ordinal forms of some numbers where we would otherwise expect ''–nd'', e.g. ''njunþa'' ‘ninth’ instead of expected **''njunda''. | * The Gothic third person plural and gerund ending ''–nd'' shows the variation ''–nþ'' in Griutungi. The ''–nþ'' ending also appears in the ordinal forms of some numbers where we would otherwise expect ''–nd'', e.g. ''njunþa'' ‘ninth’ instead of expected **''njunda'', or ''frīnþs'' ‘friend’ instead of **''frīnǧ''. However, we cannot posit a post-Gothic change of '''nd > nθ''', because other instances of ''nd'' still occur in several nouns, such as ''winǧ'' ‘wind’ (genitive ''windis'') or ''þūsunde'' ‘thousand’ (plural ''þūsunǧis''). | ||
====Retention of Siever’s Law==== | ====Retention of Siever’s Law==== | ||