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/S/ in old and middle High German

From:Thomas Leigh <thomas@...>
Date:Friday, November 26, 2004, 16:30
For Sally:

According to Joseph Wright's Middle High German Primer, p. 20: "/sk/
became /sx/ in late OHG, for which the spelling adopted in MHG was
|sch|. In the twelfth century /sx/ became /S/, but the spelling |sch|
was retained."

If that's any help!

Thomas