Etymograph > Indo-European > Old English

ǣ, ǽ

Classes: long open front vocalic vowel
Implicit classes: V
Features: +long +low -high -back +syllabic +voice

Related rules

Origin

pre-oe-a-fronting: {a|ā} > {æ|ǣ} / _{!w|wi}, {a|ā} > {æ|ǣ} / _{!w|wi}

oe-breaking-before-h: æ > ea / _h, e > eo / _h, i > io / _h, ī > īo / _h, ǣ > ēa / _h

oe-long-ae-retraction: ǣ > ā / _C[+back]

oe-palatal-diphtongization: {æ|ǣ} > {ea|ēa} / {ċ|ġ}_, e > ie / {ċ|ġ}_

oe-i-umlaut: {u|ū|o|ō|æ|ā} > {y|ȳ|e|ē|e|ǣ}