[gothic-l] Re: Gothic and Old Bavarian

[Niels Winther]

Hello Francisc and Keth.

Francisc, you wrote:
>> etc. could mean only a weakening of k in final
>> position, that appears >also in other non-High
>> German Germanic languages, like the modern
>> Scandinavian languages (including modern Icelandic),
>> where final k > g (a fricative sound).

Keth, you wrote:
> That is one of the marks of Danish k --> g.
> (Nor. "eik" --> Dan. "eg"; et egetræ = ein eichenbaum)
> But k>g is not the same as k>ch.
> The g is a stop, but the ch a fricative.

Danish final 'g' was indeed pronounced as a sounded velar
fricative [G] in the early 20. century but is now very
faint after a transformation through [i]/[j] or [u]/[w].
The velar pronunciation is retained in a few proper names.

rgds
niels



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