Etymograph > Indo-European > Proto-West Germanic > Rules > pwgmc-w-after-stressed-vowel-before-u

From Proto-Germanic to Proto-West Germanic

Source: Ringe 2014:61, Hogg 2011:3.19 (1)

w > / V_u if previous sound is stressed

Examples

FromToGlossStepsExpected
PNWGmc *þrawu*þrauemotional painþrawu > þrau
PGmc *fewurþan-OE fēorþafourthfewurþan- > feurþan > fēorþanfēorþan
PGmc *kawō-OE ċēojackdawkawō- > kawu > kau > ċēaċēa
PGmc *klawō-OE clāwuclawklawō- > klawu > klau > clēaclēa
PGmc *newun-OE nigonninenewun- > neun > nēonnēon
PGmc *newunþan-OE nigoðaninthnewunþan- > neunþan > nēonþannēonþan
PGmc *þrawō-OE þrēalonging, sufferingþrawō- > þrawu > þrau > þrēa

Sequences

pgmc-to-pwgmc: previous pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs, next pwgmc-stressed-final-vowels
pgmc-to-oe: previous pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs, next pwgmc-stressed-final-vowels
pnwgmc-to-pwgmc: previous pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs, next pwgmc-stressed-final-vowels
pnwgmc-to-oe: previous pwgmc-unstressed-diphthongs, next pwgmc-stressed-final-vowels