From: Jarrod Clark
Message: 3920
Date: 2003-12-07
<is i-umlaut the same as i -mutation?
<an example from old english being the verb cuman
<cume
<cymst
<cym�
<it seems to me that in old norse it is only a half step. instead of u -y it is u - �.<but this is only uneducated speculation.
<Jarrod
Yes, i-umlaut and i-mutation are two different terms for the same thing.
The quality of the vowel has nothing to do with the way it is spelt. I can�t remember ever seeing � in Old Norse.
As far as conventional reconstructions are concerned Old English and Old Norse <y> and German <�> are/were vowels of similar, if not the same pronunciation.
There is no �half-step� involved.
Dan
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