6,388
edits
Niemish: Difference between revisions
→Vowels
Tardigrade (talk | contribs) |
Tardigrade (talk | contribs) (→Vowels) |
||
| Line 1,390: | Line 1,390: | ||
===Wulfilan Gothic to Post-Gothic=== | ===Wulfilan Gothic to Post-Gothic=== | ||
====Vowels==== | ====Vowels==== | ||
Wulfilan Gothic had | Wulfilan Gothic had five (in some analyses three) short vowels and seven long vowels. The short vowels were maintained in Post-Gothic and ''ē'' merged with ''ei'': | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌴𐍃#Gothic|mēs]]'' /eː/ → Post-Got. ''meis'' /iː/ | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌴𐍃#Gothic|mēs]]'' /eː/ → Post-Got. ''meis'' /iː/ | ||
Wulfilan Gothic already | Wulfilan Gothic may have already started to merge ''ē'' with ''ei'', suggested by variant spellings such as ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄#Gothic|akeit]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄#Gothic|akēt]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|leikeis]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|lēkeis]]''. In Post-Gothic this merger was complete. | ||
Syllable-final ''h'' /h/ was lost with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel: | Syllable-final ''h'' /h/ was lost with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel: | ||