Re: [tied] OE "afor"

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

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> The rest is for Alex:
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> OE had two completely different A's:
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> (1) short /a/ ~ /æ/, corresponding to German <a> and yielding Mod.E
> /æ/ (or /eI/ when affected by lengthening in Middle English);
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> (2) long /a:/, corresponding to German <ei>, and yielding Modern
> English /oU/.
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> As for their origin (1) comes from PGmc. *a < PIE *a/*o; (2) comes
> from PGmc. *ai < PIE *ai/*oi.
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> Piotr

Thank you Piotr. I put this mail in my "learning"-directory.

Alex