Tuesday, September 23, 2008

-ic, -id, -ish (vowel lightenin)

Anglo-Saxon lengthened a vowel in an open syllable; cf. sine die, where both i's are short in Latin.

finish vs finite/final
conic vs cone
static vs state
vivid vs revive
rapid vs rape

Danish vs Dane (Dan#ish)

More needed to understand L97

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