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post-pwgmc-monosyllabic-z

From Proto-West Germanic to Old English

Source: Ringe 2014:86

aiz > ā / C_ if number of syllables is 1

Examples

FromToGlossStepsExpected
PWGmc *maizmāmoremaiz > mā > mǣmǣ
PGmc *gaiza-gārspear, tipgaiza- > gaiz > gā > ġēaġēa
PGmc *waiza-wārseaweed(?)waiza- > waiz > wā > wǣwǣ
PGmc *waizda-wādwoadwaizda- > waizd > wād > wǣdwǣd

iz > ē / C_ if number of syllables is 1

Examples

FromToGlossSteps
PGmc *kizna-ċēnpine treekizna- > kizn > kēn > ċēn
PWGmc *wizwēwewiz > wē

uz > ū / C_ if number of syllables is 1

Examples

FromToGlossStepsExpected
PGmc *tuz-tor-apart, asundertuz- > tūtū

Sequences

pwgmc-to-oe: previous post-pwgmc-intervocalic-z, next post-pwgmc-remaining-z
pgmc-to-oe: previous post-pwgmc-intervocalic-z, next post-pwgmc-remaining-z
pnwgmc-to-oe: previous post-pwgmc-intervocalic-z, next post-pwgmc-remaining-z