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James Campbell wrote:
No; more like one in which PIE *gw > PG *kw > C p (PG=proto-germanic, C=conlang); hence: _pepr_ < *kwikwaz, 'living' (cogn. with English 'quick'), _pe:nu_ < *kweno:n, 'woman, wife' (just an example, this conlang might do anything... I just felt like an a-umlaut followed by loss of the a. This would presumably not be an East Germanic language, as they didn't suffer *z>r).John Cowan eskrë »Jan van Steenbergen scripsit:Hehe. I am starting to think that it is time for someone to create a P-Germanic language :) .Don't give me ideas. I already have /n/ projects unfinished, and /n/ more unstarted. :) But now you've mentioned it, are you suggesting (jokingly) a Germanic lang where the p>f shift hadn't taken place? I'm not sure I could roll that into my South-Germanic-with-Italic-influences lang.
I think I'm going to do my own... I've recently come across lots of Germanic stuff and so forth. Maybe we should discuss this further on germaniconlang :)
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