Etymograph > Indo-European > Proto-West Germanic > Rules > pwgmc-word-final-i-u

From Proto-Germanic to Proto-West Germanic

Source: Ringe 2014:55, Hogg 2011:3.29

{i|u} > / _# if sound is not diphthong and number of syllables is at least 3 and not (previous sound is consonant and (second previous sound is 'i' or second previous sound is 'u'))

Examples

FromToGlossStepsExpected
PGmc *gumanų*gumanhuman.accgumanų > gumanu > guman
PGmc *arundja-OE ǣrendeerrandarundja- > arundi > arund > arondarond
PGmc *gamundizOE ġemyndmemorygamundiz > gumundi > gumund > gomundgomund
PGmc *fiskōþuz*fiskōþfishingfiskōþuz > fiskōþu > fiskōþ
PGmc *arbaiþiz*arbaiþihardship, hard laborarbaiþiz > arβēþi > arbēþarbēþ
PGmc *satīnizOE setensetting, seatingsatīniz > satīni > satīn > seten
PGmc *hanapiz*hanapihemphanapiz > hanapi > hanaphanap
PGmc *lausungōOE lēasungreleasing, liberation; removallausungō > lausungu > lausung > lēasung
PGmc *saiwalōOE sāwlsoulsaiwalō > saiwalu > saiwal > sāwelsāwel
PGmc *aganō-OE ægnanchaff, awnsaganō- > aganu > agan > aganagan
PGmc *akʷesī-OE æxaxeakʷesī- > akwesi > akwes > æcesæces
PGmc *amaitjō-OE æmetteantamaitjō- > amētju > amētj > ametamet
PGmc *dugunþi-OE duguþvalordugunþi- > dugunþdugunþ
PGmc *habanō-OE hæfenharborhabanō- > haβanu > haβan > hafanhafan
PGmc *hīwiskja-OE hīwischouseholdhīwiskja- > hīwiski > hīwisk > hīeschīesc
PGmc *hʷerhʷetjō-OE hwerhwettegourd(?)hʷerhʷetjō- > hwerhwettju > hwerhwettj > hwēoretthwēorett
PGmc *juunþi-OE geogoðyouthjuunþi- > juunþ > ġuonþġuonþ
PGmc *magaþi-OE mæġðgirl, maidenmagaþi- > magaþ > mæġeþmæġeþ
PGmc *þūshundī-OE þūsendthousandþūshundī- > þūshundi > þūshund > þūshondþūshond

Sequences

pgmc-to-pwgmc: previous pwgmc-word-final-high-nasals, next pwgmc-long-o
pgmc-to-oe: previous pwgmc-word-final-high-nasals, next pwgmc-long-o
pnwgmc-to-pwgmc: previous pwgmc-word-final-high-nasals, next pwgmc-long-o
pnwgmc-to-oe: previous pwgmc-word-final-high-nasals, next pwgmc-long-o