Re: ConGermanicRomanceLang?

E-Ching Ng wrote:
>
> >One more question: What happened to [T] and [D] in High German? After
> >Grimm's law is applied they're there, but nowadays they're not.
>
> I can scan a handout on that from one of my classes, but in a nutshell:
>
> t > ts initial, s medial or final
> d > t initial
>
> There's more, but it might be obvious from looking at cognates.
Well, you've got "thank" & "Danke", which means [T] in English
corresponds to [d] initially, no?

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Robert