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|valign="top"| kʰ | |valign="top"| kʰ | ||
|valign="top"| [[File:OV-x.png|13px|KH]] | |valign="top"| [[File:OV-x.png|13px|KH]] | ||
|valign="top"| ''' | |valign="top"| '''x''' | ||
|align="left" valign="top"| kh, ch, x, χ | |align="left" valign="top"| kh, ch, x, χ | ||
|valign="top"| ''''' | |valign="top"| '''''X'''ristus'' ‘Christ’<br />''ew'''x'''aristja'' ‘eucharist’<br />''kate'''x'''ijns'' ‘remembrance’ | ||
|align="left" valign="top"| This Greek borrowing, which was incorporated into the Gothic alphabet as '''𐍇''', had merged phonologically with '''k''' by the Old Valthungian period, but was occasionally still emphasized with '''h''' or even with the Greek letter '''χ''' in positions which were not naturally aspirated. Indeed, '''h''' was sometimes added to segments which ''were'' naturally aspirated, as also happened with '''p''' and '''t'''. | |align="left" valign="top"| This Greek borrowing, which was incorporated into the Gothic alphabet as '''𐍇''', had merged phonologically with '''k''' by the Old Valthungian period, but was occasionally still emphasized with '''h''' or even with the Greek letter '''χ''' in positions which were not naturally aspirated. Indeed, '''h''' was sometimes added to segments which ''were'' naturally aspirated, as also happened with '''p''' and '''t'''. | ||
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