Germanic Rhotacism

The consonant /z/ that resulted from the voiceless fricative /s/ by Verner’s Law developed into /r/ in North and West Germanic Languages.

/r/ in North Germanic (e.g. OIcl – dagr)

/ z /

/s/ in East Germanic

(e.g. Gothic dags)

West Germanic

(e.g. OE dxg)

· Gothic hausjan – OHG horen OE hieran · Forms of strong verbs Gothic kiusan – kaus – kusum – kusans OE ceosan – ceas – curon – coren (to choose)

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