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

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

Related rules

Origin

  • pnwgmc-e-lowering: ē > ā
  • pwgmc-long-o: {ō|ǭ} > ā / _(r)#, ô > ō
  • Development: Old English

  • post-pwgmc-monosyllabic-z: aiz > ā / _#, iz > e / _#
  • pre-oe-long-o-unrounding: ō > ā
  • oe-diphthong-tensing: ai > ā, au > ēa, eu > ēo, iu > īo
  • oe-long-ae-retraction: ǣ > ā / _C[+back]