I got difficulties in pronouncing words ending in 'w'.

[Eric Kinzel]

I think "w" in that position is pronounced as "u" as in German "gut". At the beginning of the word or syllable "w" is a glide - as in "wet".

 

For example, the reconstructed god name "*Teiws" is pronounced "Tee-oos".

 

That is my understanding as explained in Lambdin and also Bennet.
 


To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
From: thomas at ruhm.at
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:08:27 +0000
Subject: [gothic-l] I got difficulties in pronouncing words ending in 'w'.

  



Is there a certain rule or a trick for it? There is that word 'gaidw' which I see in my book in front of me. How can I say it?

Thank's

Capsicum




 		 	   		  
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