Re: Why no umlaut?

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:55:40 -0000, "tgpedersen"
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>
>wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:40:20 -0000, "tgpedersen"
>> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>>
>> >However, the roots in Dutch haring "herring" and paling "eel" don't
>> >exist in Dutch. How come they have no umlaut then? Analogy?
>>
>> Haring is from P(W)Gmc. *hæ:ringaz, and there is no Umlaut
>> on long vowels in Dutch. The same might apply to "paling",
>> but since the word is only Dutch, it's hard to tell what the
>> /a:/ is derived from.
>>
>So ha:ring is de-umlauted P(W)Gmc?

No. Let me rephrase that:

Haring is from PGmc. *hE:ringaz > PWGmc *hæ:ringaz >
Istvaeonic *ha:ringa(z). Cf. Est. heeringas.


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