Change of consonants

[Ingemar Nordgren]

Hi guys,

This question is forwarded from another list and I try to relate the
basic question including my commentaries. Would appreciate an answer
from one of our many linguists. The basics is in capital letters.

We know some words with originally the same root in some languages
start with 'g' and in other with 'v'like for instance Sw. groda, Engl.
frog. As far as I know it is connected with the languageshift from
ProtoGmc to the later more dialectal Germanic. WHICH IS THE GENERAL
LAW GOVERNING THIS CHANGE? The questioner also is pondering the
possibility that Germanic and Celtic both could be involved in the
change but personally I am sceptical to that. Below is the original
question for those who can read Swedish.

Best
Ingemar

 Ni vet att vissa ord med ursprungligen samma rot börjar i  några
språk på g i
andra på v

t.ex,   groda / frog
          garder / ward

Denna konsonatväxling ger upphov till en spekulation och det finns en
gemensam
rot till ordet. Är det germanskt kontra keltiskt?

votan resp. got

vilken är den språklag som förklarar konsonatväxlingen,
var och när verkade den?.

Är det någon vet hur det hänget ihop?

Hälsningar
Håkan L L





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