Re: OT: Gruess (was Comma gets a cure -- in German?)
| From: | J. 'Mach' Wust <j_mach_wust@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 19, 2008, 18:10 |
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:39:19 +0200, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
>BTW, do you happen to know if it is Standard German which
>has monophthongized _üe_ or Allemannic which has
>diphthongized _üü_ in this particular word? IIANM both
>things have occurred.
This is an instance of modern High German monophthongization. This is
essentially an innovation of (geographically) Middle German varieties,
though it goes back to the Middle Ages.
--
grüess
mach
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