Re: grad-hrad

From: Gene Kalutskiy
Message: 722
Date: 1999-12-31

I wrote:
>>>Oh, and I wouldn't really call it a "consonant
shift", cause it's nothing like the Germanic consonant shift<<<

Marc replied:
>>>I think g>gh>h is +-comparable to the Germanic consonant shift
(parallel softening of p>f, t>th, k>h)<<<

What I meant to say above is that it was nothing on the _scale_ of the
germanic consonant shift, it's much more trivial. And I'm pretty sure
this g>gh>h shift happened not too long ago, probably some time during
the 1st millenium AD.

GK