Etymograph > Indo-European > Old English > Phoneme

Graphemes: e
Classes: short front mid vocalic vowel
Features -long -back +syllabic +voice

Related rules

Origin

  • post-pwgmc-monosyllabic-z: aiz > ā / _#, iz > e / _#
  • north-pwgmc-e-before-m: e > i / _m
  • oe-diphthong-tensing: ai > ā, au > ēa, eu > ēo, iu > īo
  • oe-breaking-before-h: æ > ea / _h, e > eo / _h, i > io / _h, ī > īo / _h, ǣ > ēa / _h
  • oe-breaking-before-rc-lc: æ > ea / _{r|l}C, e > eo / _rC, e > eo / _lh, i > io / _rC, i > ie / _lh
  • oe-breaking-before-w: {e|i} > {eo|io} / _w!i, e > eo / _lw
  • oe-palatal-diphtongization: {æ|ǣ} > {ea|ēa} / {ċ|ġ}_, e > ie / {ċ|ġ}_
  • oe-short-vowel-syncope
  • oe-ej: eġ > i
  • oe-back-umlaut: i > io / _{l|r|[bilabial]}{u|a}, e > eo / _{l|r|[bilabial]|[labiodental]}u
  • oe-epenthesis: ∅ > e / C_r#, ∅ > o / C_r#, ∅ > e / C_l#, ∅ > o / C_l#, ∅ > e / C_n#, ∅ > u / C_m#
  • oe-unstressed-vowel-merger: æ > i / _{ġ|ċ}, æ > e, i > e
  • oe-io-eo-merger: i > e / _o, ī > ē / _o
  • pnwgmc-er: e > a / _r