Re: Tech Umlaut

BP Jonsson skrev:

>Not all jV clusters in Scandinavian languages arise from breaking.  Notably
>the jó/jú found in words like þjófr--
>thiufwer--tjuv arose from older *iu and *eu diphthongs.
Really? Interesting. ISTR Wessén saying something else
(regarding <tjuv>, that is, not about *iu and *eu),
but his theory why the syncope happened is a bit odd (people
started speaking *faster* :) ), so I guess some salt might
come in handy otherwise too.

>Breaking was always caused by *a or *u following in the next syllable after
>*e.  Of these *e-a gave _ja_ or _jæ_ and *e-u gave _jo_ or _jø_; the ja/jæ
>and jo/jø variation is dialect-dependent.
Well, I know about the e and a/u-affection, but I should
read up on the details (if only I could find that book).

IIRC, English breaking did go further with just not /e/
being affected.

> > Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
>I know what breaking is, but I'm not sure what you are getting at.
Me neither. :)  I went through all my books on the subject
at home, but couldn't find what I was looking for. It
must have been a book by either Wessén or ... oh god,
what's his name again? (This hangover really makes thinking
difficult.) Noréen! (There it is.) I'll try to find it.

||| daniel andreasson


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