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====Stage I ( < 400 a.d.)==== | ====Stage I ( < 400 a.d.)==== | ||
Intervocalic voiced fricatives (i.e. /b/, /d/, and /g/) became spirantized: /β/, /ð/, and /ɣ/. This likely happened quite early, and was clearly in operation in Gothic as well. | Intervocalic voiced fricatives (i.e. /b/, /d/, and /g/) became spirantized: /β/, /ð/, and /ɣ/. This likely happened quite early, perhaps already by Proto-Germanic times, and was clearly in operation in Gothic as well. | ||
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| || '''b''', '''d''', '''g'''}|| →|| '''β''', '''ð''', '''ɣ'''|| /|| ''any vowel'' }___{ ''any vowel'' | | || '''b''', '''d''', '''g'''}|| →|| '''β''', '''ð''', '''ɣ'''|| /|| ''any vowel'' }___{ ''any vowel'' | ||
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E.g. PGmc. ''*hlaibai'' ‘loaf.<span style="font-variant: small-caps">dat</span>’, ''*mōdēr'' ‘mother’, ''*ōganą'' ‘to fear’ | |||
→ Gothic ''hlaiba'' /hlɛ̄βa/, ''*mōdar'' /mōðar/, ''ōgan'' /ōɣan/ | |||
~ Griutungi ''hlǣba'' /“”/, ''mōdar'', ''ōgan'' | |||
→ O.V. ''hlaeva'' /“”/, ''moðar'', ''oyan'' | |||
(eventually…) | |||
→ M.V. ''þlǣva'' /θlēva/, ''mōðr'' /mouðr̩/, ''ōgn'' /ougn̩/ | |||
→ Vlth. ''þlǣva'' /θlē̞vɑ/, ''mōðra'' /mauðrɑ/, ''ōgna'' /augnɑ/ | |||
====Stage II ( ~ 400 a.d.)==== | ====Stage II ( ~ 400 a.d.)==== | ||