Re: Werner's Law (Germanic)

From: Benct Philip Jonsson
Message: 44441
Date: 2006-04-30

I wrote:
> Sællir,
>
> can anyone tell me what happens with a voiced
> fricative resulting from Verner's Law when it
> occurs after a nasal? My hunch is that
> [mB nD NG] were not tolerated, but became
> [mb nd Ng] with voiced stops. I'd appreciate
> if anyone could provide examples, whichever
> way it goes.

I found

# *anti̯ó- (germ. *andja-) in got. andeis,
# anord. endir, as. endi, ags. ende m.,
# ahd.anti, enti m. und n., nhd. Ende;

Which answers the question.
Sorry to have bothered you all!
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/BP 8^)>
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