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==History== | ==History== | ||
===From Proto-Germanic to Proto-Annerish=== | ===From Proto-Germanic to Proto-Annerish=== | ||
It is hypothesised that the Annerish people are either one and the same with, or a subgroup of the [[:w:Belgae| | It is hypothesised that the Annerish people are either one and the same with, or a subgroup of the [[:w:Belgae|Belgae]] who migrated from the Gallo-Germanic confederation to southern Britain and later fled to Ireland at the wake of [[w:Roman conquest of Britain|the Roman conquest]]. Many characteristic features of [[:w:Common_Brittonic|Brythonic]] and Goidelic languages are shared with the Annerish language, which had previously been regarded as Celtic. True classification has also been obscured by the crucial lack of [[:w:Verner%27s_law|Verner's law]], along with sweeping sound changes by analogy with the mutation strategies of the dominant languages that reverse some of the effects of [[:w:Grimm%27s_law|Grimm's law]], though notably not in reflexes of *hw-, *þw-, and *tw- initials. | ||
A list of the most important changes will be given below (in approximate order): | A list of the most important changes will be given below (in approximate order): | ||
*wu> *ū. This must have been a feature of the Proto-Germanic dialect of the Annerish people before influences from Brittonic, where *ū> ȳ, and also precedes *kw> p (*kwuruz> *kūrj-> '' | *wu> *ū. This must have been a feature of the Proto-Germanic dialect of the Annerish people before influences from Brittonic, where *ū> ȳ, and also precedes *kw> p (*kwuruz> *kūrj-> ''guír'', not **puír.) | ||
*ē<sub>2</sub>> ī (*ē<sub>2</sub>hiraz> ''íochr'' - maple) | *ē<sub>2</sub>> ī (*ē<sub>2</sub>hiraz> ''íochr'' - maple) | ||
Monophthongization of PG diphthongs: | Monophthongization of PG diphthongs: | ||
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Labiovelars become bilabials: | Labiovelars become bilabials: | ||
*kw> p-, -b- (*kwrammaz> *pramm~''pram'' - damp, *nakwô> *nǫba~''napa'' - ship); *gw> b-, -g- (*gwenþiz> *bũıḋ~''bóıd'' - fight, *snaigwaz> *nnœ́ġ~''neòg'' - snow); *ngw> -mb- (*slangwijō> *llaımb~''laım'' - sling); *hw> f (*hwītaz> *fíd~''fíot'' - white, *tēhwō> *téŭf~''teòfa'') | *kw> p-, -b- (*kwrammaz> *pramm~''pram'' - damp, *nakwô> *nǫba~''napa'' - ship); *gw> b-, -g- (*gwenþiz> *bũıḋ~''bóıd'' - fight, *snaigwaz> *nnœ́ġ~''neòg'' - snow); *ngw> -mb- (*slangwijō> *llaımb~''laım'' - sling); *hw> f (*hwītaz> *fíd~''fíot'' - white, *tēhwō> *téŭf~''teòfa'') | ||
===Celtic Influence=== | ===Celtic Influence=== | ||
===Pre-Annerish and ''Ceccr''=== | ===Pre-Annerish and ''Ceccr''=== | ||