Oh, yeah, that's understandable. For clarity's sake:spanick wrote: ↑08 Jul 2018 22:07It was. What I think also threw me off was that that same sound was in the second root and descended from <an>. As silly as it sounds, I didn't initially think they'd have different origins! Which is quite foolishshimobaatar wrote: ↑08 Jul 2018 21:59 Ah, thank you! I'm glad to hear that! I had a feeling that [ɑɣɑ] > [ɑː] might be a bit tricky.
[ɑɣɑ] > [ɑː] > [ɒː] > [ɔːɐ̯]
[ɑn] > [ɑ̃] > [ɑ̃ː] > [ɑː] > [ɒː] > [ɔːɐ̯]
Ah, just curiosity? Nothing wrong with that!
Right, I was able to find the Gothic word on Wiktionary, but it didn't provide a Proto-Germanic etymology. Instead, it just suggested that it might be related to "heat" in English, so I used the Proto-Germanic ancestor of that word.
heitō means 'fever', but you were close enough, for sure. ![[:)]](./images/smilies/icon_smile2.png ":)"){kind=icon}
Oh, wow, you did it yourself!
By the way:
*weudą > wyd /ʋyt/
*haitį̄ + *saiwiz + *weudą > hæitísæiwswyd /ˈɛːɪ̯t͡ʃaɪ̯sɛːɪ̯ʋsʋyt/
Haha, glad you've enjoyed the results.
![[<3]](./images/smilies/heartic.png "<3"){kind=small}
Papuan languages, Morphophonology, Lexical Semantics