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

Graphemes: ō
Classes: long mid back vowel
Implicit classes: vocalic
Features +long +back +syllabic +voice

Related rules

Origin

  • pnwgmc-word-final-long-o: ō > ū / _#
  • pwgmc-long-o: {ō|ǭ} > ā / _(r)#, ô > ō
  • pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs: au > ō, ōu > ō

    • Development: Old English

  • north-pwgmc-nasalized-rounding: ą̄ > ō
  • pre-oe-long-o-unrounding: ō > ā
  • oe-oj-i: ōj > i
    • Generated by yole/etymograph on Sat Aug 02 2025