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... disappeared ( § 88 ) . 18. The slender vowel either stands ( always in the form of an i ) with the vowel of the preceding syllable or wholly supplants that vowel . Thus arises a series of improper diph- thongs and triphthongs . From a ...
... disappeared ( § 88 ) . 18. The slender vowel either stands ( always in the form of an i ) with the vowel of the preceding syllable or wholly supplants that vowel . Thus arises a series of improper diph- thongs and triphthongs . From a ...
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... disappeared without compensatory lengthening . In composition even long radical syllables become shortened ; céimm gradus , to - chaimm , -chim the march : in the same way air - mitiu honor , proves the existence of a simple * métiu ...
... disappeared without compensatory lengthening . In composition even long radical syllables become shortened ; céimm gradus , to - chaimm , -chim the march : in the same way air - mitiu honor , proves the existence of a simple * métiu ...
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... disappeared in Irish : athir , father , Latin pater ; lár , floor , Anglo - Sax . flôr ; ibim , I drink , Skr . pibāmi ; étar , invenitur , Goth . fintha ; tess , heat for tepest - us , Skr . tapas ; nia , gen . niad nephew , Latin ...
... disappeared in Irish : athir , father , Latin pater ; lár , floor , Anglo - Sax . flôr ; ibim , I drink , Skr . pibāmi ; étar , invenitur , Goth . fintha ; tess , heat for tepest - us , Skr . tapas ; nia , gen . niad nephew , Latin ...
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... disappear before the tenues and s , usually with lengthening of the preceding vowel ( § 74 ) : dét tooth , Cymr . dant ... disappeared : muc , mucc pig , Cymr . moch , for munc - a , Greek μvктýp , snout , άло - μúσσ I snort , Skr . root ...
... disappear before the tenues and s , usually with lengthening of the preceding vowel ( § 74 ) : dét tooth , Cymr . dant ... disappeared : muc , mucc pig , Cymr . moch , for munc - a , Greek μvктýp , snout , άло - μúσσ I snort , Skr . root ...
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... disappeared in ech horse , Skr . açva ; also , per- haps , in dess dexter , Cymr . deheu , Goth . taihsva ; árd high , Latin arduus . 48. b ( later bh ) also appears for fin composition after the preposition co ( n ) which loses its ...
... disappeared in ech horse , Skr . açva ; also , per- haps , in dess dexter , Cymr . deheu , Goth . taihsva ; árd high , Latin arduus . 48. b ( later bh ) also appears for fin composition after the preposition co ( n ) which loses its ...
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