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) |