The history of “-y” in English
When I first learned that English was a Germanic language, I didn’t really know what that meant. English and German seemed nothing alike to me. I wanted to know what it meant to be a Germanic language. English’s history is quite colourful with many of characters and lots of plot developments. The reason Modern English […]
Quick Overview of Irish Spelling
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Velarisation and assimilation in Irish (Gaeilge)
I started learning Irish and I wanted to understand velarisation in Irish. Palatilisation and velarisation often assimilate sounds next to them to produce new sounds “edge” comes from Proto Germanic agjō. Over time the /g/ got palatilised and the /jo/ was lost. Palatilisation produces /egʲ/ (and /a/ becomes /e/, seen in “angle-land” becoming “england”) /dʒ/ […]
