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The following Wikimedia pages will be used as a reference: | The following Wikimedia pages will be used as a reference: | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Proto-Slavic | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Proto-Slavic History of Proto-Slavic], for Latin to Common Voloshky sound changes | ||
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Slavic_languages | *[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Slavic_languages History of the Slavic languages], for Common Voloshky to specific dialectal sound changes | ||
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_terms_derived_from_Proto-Germanic | *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_terms_derived_from_Proto-Germanic Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Germanic], for reference | ||
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_terms_derived_from_Proto-Balto-Slavic | *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_terms_derived_from_Proto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic], for reference | ||
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Balto-Slavic_lemmas | *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Balto-Slavic_lemmas Proto-Balto-Slavic lemmas], for reference | ||
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_lemmas | *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_lemmas Proto-Slavic lemmas], for reference | ||
The severe changes Slavic languages made to loan words can be demonstrated with some Germanic loanwords. The evolution of the Slavic languages is dominated by resyllabification and palatalisation processes which can result in roots being heavily modified. Many loans came in at just the right time for this to occur to them despite their foreign nature. For example: | The severe changes Slavic languages made to loan words can be demonstrated with some Germanic loanwords. The evolution of the Slavic languages is dominated by resyllabification and palatalisation processes which can result in roots being heavily modified. Many loans came in at just the right time for this to occur to them despite their foreign nature. For example: | ||
* *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/k%D1%8An%C4%99dz%D1%8C | * *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/k%D1%8An%C4%99dz%D1%8C kъnędzь] (kŭnẽdzĭ) is cognate to the English word "king". Due to short /u/ and /i/ being reduced, and due to progressive palatalisation occurring to the Germanic *-ingaz suffix, the word is almost unrecognisable in daughter languages (e.g. East Slavic князь, knjaz'). | ||
:: (Compare with *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korlj%D1%8C | :: ''(Compare with *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korlj%D1%8C kõrljь], "king", from Karl (Charlemagne)).'' | ||
== Sound changes of import == | == Sound changes of import == | ||