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==Sound Changes from PIE to Common Germanic==
==Sound Changes from PIE to Common Germanic==
''These may not be 100% accurate.''
''These may not be 100% accurate.''
*bʰ, dʰ, gʰ → β, ð, ɣ
* ḱ, ǵ, ǵʰ → k, g, gʰ
*b, d, g → p, t, k
 
*p, t, k → f, θ, x  
===[[Grimm's law]]===
*f, θ, s, x → β, ð, z, ɣ (except initially or following IE stress)
*bʰ, dʰ, gʰ, gʷʰ → β, ð, ɣ, β/ɣ
*b, d, g, gʷ → p, t, k, kʷ/k
*p, t, k, kʷ → f, θ, x, xʷ
 
===[[Verner's law]]===
*f, θ, s, x, xʷ → β, ð, z, ɣ, ɣʷ (except initially or following IE stress)
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*aː → oː
*aː → oː

Revision as of 17:46, 27 September 2004

Sound Changes from PIE to Common Germanic

These may not be 100% accurate.

  • ḱ, ǵ, ǵʰ → k, g, gʰ

Grimm's law

  • bʰ, dʰ, gʰ, gʷʰ → β, ð, ɣ, β/ɣ
  • b, d, g, gʷ → p, t, k, kʷ/k
  • p, t, k, kʷ → f, θ, x, xʷ

Verner's law

  • f, θ, s, x, xʷ → β, ð, z, ɣ, ɣʷ (except initially or following IE stress)
  • aː → oː
  • e → i
  • eː → æː
  • ei → iː
  • eːi → eː (?)
  • oi → ai
  • oːi → oː (?)
  • aːi → oː (?)
  • eu → iu
  • ou → au