Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:33:59 -0000, "tgpedersen"
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>
>wrote:
>> No. In the vast majority of cases, gemination in Germanic
>> represents the effect of soundlaws (such as Kluge's law).
>
>I see. So is 'suck' from *sug-nan or *sug-jan?

Technically, OE súcan is not geminated, but we probably have
degemination after a long vowel here (the length is
analogical). In view of Lith. sun~kti, the most likely
source is *suk-né- > sukk- ~> su:kk- > su:k-. ON súga is
from non-nasal *suk-é- > sug- ~> su:g-.


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