Re: [tied] Grimm and Verner

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:50:23 -0000, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> >What is the need for Grimm III?
>
> To sow the seeds of the OHG shift. /p/, /t/ and /k/ (< PIE [], *d,
> *g(W)) are [subphonemically] aspirated, certainly in initial

position,

> in all Germanic languages, except (standard) Dutch.
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

And in Copenhagen Danish, but not in Jutland, especially in the west
(with p,t,k similar to those in French and Dutch).

Torsten