LL-L "Etymology" 2011.01.08 (01) [EN]

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From: "Iwe de Bruin" <idebruin at home.nl>
Subject: sound changes

Dear language lovers



I understand that here has been a discussion on certain consonant chanches.

It was difficult to understand why there has been a sound change from s to
r.

Maybe Verner's law can be helpful to solve this problem

Like Grimm's law , Verner's law explanes consonant changes which took place

at an early stage of Germanic. It boils down to this:

If the proceeding vowel did not , at that time, carry the main stress of the
word, certain consonants changed.

This implies that for example s  became z which later developed to r



example; ċēosan > curon  = choose (kiezen / keuren)



Greetings



Iwe the Bruin



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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>

Subject: Etymology



Thank you very much, dear Iwe, and welcome to our round!

Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA



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