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====Affix Anaptyxis==== | ====Affix Anaptyxis==== | ||
When a prefix ends in the same letter as the root, /a/ is inserted to break up the resulting geminate. /a/ may also be added to avoid awkward consonant clusters. | When a prefix ends in the same letter as the root, /a/ is inserted to break up the resulting geminate. /a/ may also be added to avoid awkward consonant clusters. This is just part of a larger change in the general structure of the language in which many unstressed syllables appeared unbidden in Late Middle and Early Modern Valthungian causing the language to be almost entirely iambic. In Modern Valthungian all stressed syllables (primary and secondary) must de separated by an unstressed syllable. | ||
Some of the most frequent are: | |||
*af+f: Griutungi ''*affilhan'' → ''af'''a'''fílþna'' ‘to hide away’ | *af+f: Griutungi ''*affilhan'' → ''af'''a'''fílþna'' ‘to hide away’ | ||
*fer+r: Griutungi ''*ferrinnan'' → ''fer'''a'''rítnan'' ‘to attain’ | *fer+r: Griutungi ''*ferrinnan'' → ''fer'''a'''rítnan'' ‘to attain’ | ||