Re: Finnish KASKI

At 11:58:00 AM on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, jouppe
wrote:

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> Also in Scandinavian umlaut not only "fronting" is at
> work, but also "lowering" and "brytning"

In case it isn't obvious, that's English 'breaking' (or
'fracture').

> (*-e- > -ja/jä-) caused by /a/ and lip- rounding and
> "brytning" (*-e- > -jo/jö-) caused by /u/.

Brian