Graphemes: ē
Classes: long front mid vowel
Implicit classes: vocalic V
Features +long -back +syllabic +voice
Related rules
Origin
pnwgmc-e-lowering: ē > āDevelopment: Proto-West Germanic
pwgmc-unstressed-ai: ai > ēDevelopment: Old English
pwgmc-unstressed-ai: ai > ēpost-pwgmc-monosyllabic-z: aiz > ā / C_, iz > ē / C_, uz > ū / C_oe-diphthong-tensing: ai > ā, au > ēa, eu > ēo, iu > īooe-breaking-before-h: æ > ea / _h, e > eo / _h, i > io / _h, ī > īo / _h, ǣ > ēa / _hoe-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}oe-i-umlaut-nasalized: {ą|ą̄} > {æ|ē}oe-diphthong-i-umlaut: {ea|ēa|io|īo} > {ie|īe|ie|īe}oe-io-eo-merger: i > e / _o, ī > ē / _o