Re: Optional Soundlaws (was: IE *aidh- > *aus-tr- 'hot, warm (wind)'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "andythewiros" <anjarrette@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@> wrote:

> > > Is this English 3-way development of OE *o: before /d/
> > > possibly due to the preceding consonant?

> > > I.e. after a labial it becomes /u:/ (<mood>, <food>),
> > > after /l/ it becomes /V/ (<blood>, <flood>), and after
> > > other consonants before /d/ it becomes /U/ (<good>,
> > > <hood>)?

> > <Rood> has /u:/. So has <brood>.

> Oh right. Ah well.

That might not be a killer argument. Initial /r/ and /wr/ merged as [rW]. I don't know whether initial /br/ would have been [brW].

Richard.