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> pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs
From Proto-Germanic to Proto-West Germanic
Source:
Ringe 2014
:60,
Hogg 2011
:3.33
a
u
>
ō
if sound is
non-stressed
Examples
From
To
Gloss
Steps
Expected
PGmc
*sunauz
*sunō
son
.gen
sunauz > sunau >
sunō
PGmc
*ahtau
OE
eahta
eight
ahtau >
ahtō
> eahta
ō
u
>
ō
if sound is
non-stressed
Examples
From
To
Gloss
Steps
Expected
PGmc
*ahtōu
*ahtō
eight
ahtōu >
ahtō
Sequences
pgmc-to-pwgmc: previous
pwgmc-shorten-before-final-r
, next
pwgmc-w-after-stressed-vowel-before-u
pgmc-to-oe: previous
pwgmc-shorten-before-final-r
, next
pwgmc-w-after-stressed-vowel-before-u
pnwgmc-to-pwgmc: previous
pwgmc-shorten-before-final-r
, next
pwgmc-w-after-stressed-vowel-before-u
pnwgmc-to-oe: previous
pwgmc-shorten-before-final-r
, next
pwgmc-w-after-stressed-vowel-before-u