Pronunciation of "sk"

[llama_nom]

Hello Don,

Can't say for sure, but I haven't heard of any evidence (e.g. in the 
spelling of Gothic personal names by Greek writers) to suggest that 
Gothic <sk> had a "sh" pronunciation, e.g. before front vowels.  I 
think that at the time of the Gothic bible translation in the 4th 
century, this combination had yet to acquire its modern pronunciation 
in English and German.  In the Latin epigram De Conviviis Barbaris, 
the Gothic or Vandal word 'skapjam' begins with the Roman letters 
<sc>, so as far as I know, no indication of palatisation in all 
initial positions as later happened in English and German.

Llama Nom





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