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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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qwed117 wrote:
Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:*hw-?
Close but not there.
h? w?
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GamerGeek wrote:
qwed117 wrote:
Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:*hw-?
Close but not there.
h? w?
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*sw-?
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Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:*sw-?
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There's an h, but its not just an h.
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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qwed117 wrote:
Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:*sw-?
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There's an h, but its not just an h.
Kind of an out-there guess, maybe, but *hl-?
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shimobaatar wrote:
qwed117 wrote:
Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:*sw-?
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There's an h, but its not just an h.
Kind of an out-there guess, maybe, but *hl-?
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Did it contain a diphthong in Proto-Germanic? An intervocalic glide?
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Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:Did it contain a diphthong in Proto-Germanic? An intervocalic glide?
Only the one mentioned earlier
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Was a dental obstruent (*t, *þ, *d) lost?
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Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:Was a dental obstruent (*t, *þ, *d) lost?
I believe so (speaking from memory; I don't have the paper where I wrote down all the stuff, right now)
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Is the origin of the third morpheme *hliuþijaną?
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spanick wrote:Is the origin of the third morpheme *hliuþijaną?
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qwed117 wrote:
Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:Was a dental obstruent (*t, *þ, *d) lost?
I believe so (speaking from memory; I don't have the paper where I wrote down all the stuff, right now)
I'd just like to point out that upon checking my notes, a dental obstruent was indeed lost in the third morpheme
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*hlōdijaną?
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Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:*hlōdijaną?
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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*hleutaną?
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spanick wrote:*hleutaną?
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qwed117 wrote:
qwed117 wrote:
Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:Was a dental obstruent (*t, *þ, *d) lost?
I believe so (speaking from memory; I don't have the paper where I wrote down all the stuff, right now)
I'd just like to point out that upon checking my notes, a dental obstruent was indeed lost in the third morpheme
Just a little note, the dental obstruent was not necessarily intervocalic. Since y'all are having some difficulties with this word.
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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*hliwjaz?
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spanick wrote:*hliwjaz?
There's a dental obstruent that this answer is lacking.
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