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ÜBERLEGUNGEN ZUR NORDISCHEN ENTWICKLUNG VON GERM. */Ē/ IN ENDSILBE
2013
Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik
It is well-known how hard it is to account for the diachronic development of the Germanic vowel endings. How can we, for instance, explain the phonetic gap between Protn. swestar and its ON. offshoot systir 'sister'? Is this case analogous to that of Protn. (fara)uisa, corresponding to ON. vísi 'the wise one'? What kind of Protn. unstressed final -a(-) is likely to develop into an ON. unstressed final -i(-) and what is the Protogermanic starting point? In this brief paper I will account for
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