Updates regarding UPenn tree

[Dr. John E. McLaughlin]

Rick Mc Callister wrote:

> /hw/ > /f/ does happen in a Scottish dialect of English

John McLaughlin wrote:

>> Are there any actual examples of *hw >*f in PGmc post-Grimm (other Dr
>> Crist's guess at *penkwe > *finhw- > *finf)?  It would seem that the
>> alveolar /n/ might preclude any assimilation of /hw/ to /f/.
>> Just thinking
>> off the top of my head.

What are the details of this /hw/ > /f/ change?  Is it due to mishearing as
Crist suggests for PIE *penkwe > *PGmc *finf?  Is it a regular change or
conditioned?

John E. McLaughlin, Ph.D.
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