Etymograph > Indo-European > Proto-West Germanic > Phoneme

Graphemes: z
Classes: voiced alveolar fricative consonant
Implicit classes: obstruent
Features +voice coronal -sonorant +continuant +strident

Related rules

Origin

  • pwgmc-final-z: z > ∅ / _#
  • Development: Old English

  • post-pwgmc-intervocalic-z: z > r / {V|j}_{V|j}, z > r / {V|j}r_{V|j}
  • post-pwgmc-z-before-coronal: z > r / _[coronal]
  • post-pwgmc-monosyllabic-z: aiz > ā / _#, iz > e / _#
  • post-pwgmc-remaining-z: z > r