Change of consonants

[Егоров Владимир]

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Hi Ingemar!

Unfortunately, I can't bate your curiosity. I doubt however 
existing a general law covering the mentioned changes. 
Judging by the fact that Celtic languages divided into 
'gu', 'w', and 'p' branches from very auld langsyne, 
I would suggest influence of diverse old substrates, 
as long ago as perhaps not IE yet.
In any case, the comparison of 'Votan' with 'god' 
(if I understood Swedish correctly) with respect 
to alteration 'w/g(u)' seems interesting and 
worth considering.

Best regards,
Vladimir





-----Original Message-----
From: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com [mailto:gothic-l at yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of Ingemar Nordgren
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:56 AM
To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [gothic-l] Change of consonants


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 bцrjar i  nеgra
sprеk pе g i
andra pе v

t.ex,   groda / frog
          garder / ward

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

votan resp. got

vilken дr den sprеklag som fцrklarar konsonatvдxlingen,
var och nдr verkade den?.

Дr det nеgon vet hur det hдnget ihop?

Hдlsningar
Hеkan L L






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