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> pwgmc-shorten-before-final-r
From Proto-Germanic to Proto-West Germanic
Source:
Ringe 2014
:60
V
>
[
-long
]
/
_
r
#
if sound is
non-stressed
Examples
From
To
Gloss
Steps
Expected
PGmc
*fedwōr
*feuwar
four
fedwōr > fewwār >
fewwar
> feuwar
PGmc
*watōr
*watar
water
watōr > watār >
watar
Sequences
pgmc-to-pwgmc: previous
pwgmc-long-o
, next
pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs
pgmc-to-oe: previous
pwgmc-long-o
, next
pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs
pnwgmc-to-pwgmc: previous
pwgmc-long-o
, next
pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs
pnwgmc-to-oe: previous
pwgmc-long-o
, next
pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs