Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> writes:
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> > Neither does he seem to've liked /G/, which swiftly disappears
> > everytime it turns up in the Elvish languages, but persists in Black
> > Speech.
>
> This, on the other hand, is a clear case.
>
> Also, I do think he disliked /2/, since it would have occurred in
> Sindarin's umlauting system, but got merged into /y/ and /e/.
Or, he was just doing with Sindarin exactly what Old English did:
fo:t "foot" > fo:t > fo:t > fo:t > fo:t > fUt
fo:tiz "feet" > fo:ti > f2:ti > f2:t > fe:t > fi:t
Elliott Lash