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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
The name "Anrish" is derived simply from a combination of the Anrish endonym [[Contionary:Annor#Anrish|Annor]] + -ish in English. Similarly, Annoroíed is derived from a compound in Anrish of [[Contionary:Annor#Anrish|Annor]] + [[Contionary: | The name "Anrish" is derived simply from a combination of the Anrish endonym [[Contionary:Annor#Anrish|Annor]] + -ish in English. Similarly, Annoroíed is derived from a compound in Anrish of [[Contionary:Annor#Anrish|Annor]] + [[Contionary:óe#Anrish|oíed]], translating to "the Anrish islands". | ||
==History== | |||
Old Anrish was affected by a series of phonological changes that radically altered its appearance compared with Proto-Germanic and older Germanic languages. A list of the most important changes is (in approximate order): | |||
*wu> *ū. This must have been a feature of the Proto-Germanic dialect of the Anrish people before influences from Brittonic, where *ū> ī, and also precedes *kw> p (*kwuruz> *kūrj-> cír, not **puir) | |||
*ē<sub>2</sub>,*ī,*ū> ī (*ē<sub>2</sub>hiraz> ígir - maple; *ītraz> íthor - exquisite, precious; *ūdarą> ídra - udder) | |||
Monophthongization of PG diphthongs: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Diphthong !! turns into: !! merges with: | |||
|- | |||
| *ai || ǣ || *ē<sub>1</sub> | |||
|- | |||
| *au || ọ̄ || *ā | |||
|- | |||
| *eu || ō|| *ō | |||
|- | |||
| *iu, *ōi|| ȳ|| - | |||
|- | |||
| *ōu|| ū|| - | |||
|} | |||
Nasal vowels merge: | |||
internally word-final | |||
*ą, *am, *an> a ã | |||
*ǭ, *ô, *ǫ̂> - | |||
*aNF, *ōm, *ōn> ā - | |||
*iNF> ē - | |||
*į̄> - ẽ | |||
*uNF> ī - | |||
*ų, *um, *un> - ũ | |||
Labiovelars become bilabials: | |||
*kw> p (*kwikwaz> peph - quick; *kwrammaz> pramm - damp); | |||
*ngw> mb (*tungwǭ> tomma - tongue; *slangwijō> laimm - sling); | |||
though *hw & *gw> w (*hwehwlą> féul - wheel; *hwītaz> fíth - white; *snaigwaz> néu - snow) | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||