On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:57:26 -0000, "tgpedersen"
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tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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>> For instance, long vowels don't i-umlaut in Dutch.
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>To my recollection, just about nothing umlauts in Dutch (stad, steden,
>and my mind goes blank).
The i-Umlaut is seen in Dutch in:
Germanic *a => Dutch e/ee
Goth. hafjan ~ Du. heffen
Goth. fani ~ Du. veen
The a- and i-Umlaut of Germanic *e ~ *i is maintained
(though lengthened *e and *i merge as <ee>)
The a- and i-Umlaut of Germanic *o ~ *u was largely lost
(both merged as Du. <o>, lengthened <oo>), but sometimes [in
the presence of consonantal factors] maintained (Du. <u>,
lengthened <eu>).
There is no i-Umlaut of long vowels in the West, although it
is common in the Eastern parts of the Dutch area (Holl.
groen ~ Eastern greun (grön), German grün).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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