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==Skundavisk== | ==Skundavisk== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Middle Skundavisk ''laten'', from Old Skundavisk ''lātan'', ''lētan'', from Halmisk ''lētan'', from Proto-Germanic ''*lētaną''. The shortening of the /a/ vowel during the late times of Old Skundavisk is irregular and explains why the modern form is not ''*låten'' as it normally would be. | From Middle Skundavisk ''laten'', from Old Skundavisk ''lātan'', ''lētan'', from Halmisk ''ᛚᛖᛏᚨᚾ'' (''lētan''), from Proto-Germanic ''*lētaną''. The shortening of the /a/ vowel during the late times of Old Skundavisk is irregular and explains why the modern form is not ''*låten'' as it normally would be. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||