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Umlaut in Valthungian initiates the following changes in the stressed vowel of a word: | Umlaut in Valthungian initiates the following changes in the stressed vowel of a word: | ||
*a → e - ''s'''a'''tjan'' ‘to set’ → ''s'''e'''čin'' | *a → e - ''*s'''a'''tjan'' ‘to set’ → ''s'''e'''čin'' | ||
*ā → ǣ - ''hl'''ah'''jan'' ‘to laugh’ → ''þl'''ǣ'''n'' | *ā → ǣ - ''*hl'''ah'''jan'' ‘to laugh’ → ''þl'''ǣ'''n'' | ||
*ǭ (''Got''. 〈áu〉) → œ̄ - ''h''' | *ǭ (''Got''. 〈áu〉) → œ̄ - ''*h'''ǭ'''sjan'' ‘to hear’ → ''h'''œ̄'''šin'' | ||
*o (''Got''. 〈aú〉) → œ - ''þ''' | *o (''Got''. 〈aú〉) → œ - ''*þ'''o'''rsjan'' ‘to thirst’ → ''þ'''œ'''ršin'' | ||
*ō → œu - ''hw'''ō'''tjan'' ‘to threaten’ → '' | *ō → œu - ''*hw'''ō'''tjan'' ‘to threaten’ → ''hu'''œu'''čin'' | ||
*u → y - ''h'''u'''gjan'' ‘to think’ → ''h'''y'''ǧin'' | *u → y - ''*h'''u'''gjan'' ‘to think’ → ''h'''y'''ǧin'' | ||
*ū → ȳ - ''hr'''ū'''kjan'' ‘to crow’ → ''þr'''ȳ'''čin'' | *ū → ȳ - ''*hr'''ū'''kjan'' ‘to crow’ → ''þr'''ȳ'''čin'' | ||
NB: The word “Umlaut” can refer to several different types of vowel change in Germanic languages – i/j-umlaut, u/w-umlaut, and a-umlaut most commonly – but only one type | NB: The word “Umlaut” can refer to several different types of vowel change in Germanic languages – i/j-umlaut, u/w-umlaut, and a-umlaut most commonly – but only one type ever occurred in Valthungian: Umlaut here is used to refer specifically to i/j-umlaut, also known as i-umlaut, front umlaut, or i-mutation. | ||
===Coronal Consonant Assimilation=== | ===Coronal Consonant Assimilation=== | ||