Re: ConGermanicRomanceLang?

Danny Wier wrote:
>I'll give you some free information.  There are two laws you need to
>remember: Grimm's Law and Verner's law.
>
>Grimm's Law: From Indo-European to Germanic:
>
>p   > f
>b   > p
>bh  > p
Slip of the finger, I think.  That should be bh > b
(snip useful remainder)

>I forgot the vowel shifts, but I think PIE a: > PGer o: or something...>
Yes according to Wright.  OTOH PIE short o > Gmc a, at least in stem
syllables.

A useful mnemonic for Grimm's Law, if you get bogged down:  MTA (in a
circle); that's Mediae (Voiced) > Tenues (Voiceless) > Aspiratae (IE
aspirates > Gmc fricatives)(and IE aspiratae in turn > Mediae).