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Revision as of 10:50, 6 February 2006
These are just notes to get my thoughts together for a test; no guarantee is given as to the accuracy of this information and the site license stands.
Contents
Evolution
Proto-IE to Proto-Germanic
Verner's Law
| p | t | k | kʷ |
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→ | |||
| β/b | d/ð | ɣ/ɡ | ɣʷ/ɡʷ |
The first sound shift
Continuant options if after a vowel
- {|border="1"
|+voiceless | p | t | k | kʷ | s |- | colspan="5" align="center" | → |- | f | θ | x/h | xʷ/hʷ | s |}
- {|border="1"
|+aspirated |- | bʰ | dʰ | ɡʰ | ɡʷʰ |- | colspan="4" align="center" | → |- | β/b | d/ð | ɣ/ɡ | ɣʷ/ɡʷ |}
- {|border="1"
|+voiced |- | b | d | ɡ | ɡʷ |- | colspan="4" align="center" | → |- | p | t | k | kʷ |}
Stress Shift
Germanic to NW Germanic
- z → r
NW Germanic to West Germanic
- ð → d
Gemination
West Germanic to OHG
Second Sound Shift
(a.k.a. Affricatisation)
- d → t
- β → b
- ɣ → ɡ
