Re: Origin of Estonian /7/
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 20:18 |
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At 23:03 15.3.2004, Trebor Jung wrote:
>Where does Estonian /7/ (o-tilde) come from?
It represents *e in words with back vowels.
It became phonemic when back vowels were lost
and vowel harmony broke down.
Cf. Estonian _po~ld_ and Finnish _pelto_,
both 'field' -- a Germanic loan-word.
/BP 8^)
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