Tīa ʻtoe’ and Old Gutnish sources of long ī
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Explanations of the long ī in the Old Gutnish tīa ʻtoe’ (>ModGu täiå) have been put forward that posit different ablaut grades than the Proto-Germanic *taihwōn which underlies the forms found in other Germanic languages. This is because it was thought the Old Gutnish form could not reflect the standard proto-form. This paper concludes on the basis of the parallel development of *slaihwōn ʻsloe berry’, which appears as ModGu släiå, that long ī can in fact continue the Proto-Germanic sequence *-aihw- as the result of regular sound development.
Original language | English |
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Journal | North-Western European Language Evolution (NOWELE) |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 183-5 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISSN | 0108-8416 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
- Faculty of Humanities - Old Gutnish, Old Norse, Phonology, Historical Linguistics, Gotland
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