[See "Early Middle English Alternation of /d/ and
/ð/" .]
SOURCE: Germanic */d/; EME
/ð/
[See "Early Middle English Alternation of /d/ and
/ð/" .]
Voiced alveolar stop
The consonant /d/ has been stable from OE through PDE.
| CONSONANT |
OE
/d/
|
ME
/d/
|
EME
/d/
|
PDE /d/
|
| SPELLING |
d
|
d, dd
|
d, dd, ed
|
d, dd, ed
|
| EXAMPLE |
dom
|
dom
|
doom
|
doom
|
SOUND
CHANGES AFFECTING /d/
ME /d/
Intrusive consonant
EME /d/
Assibilation
Loss in consonant clusters with /s/
Alternation with /ð/
Spelling pronunciation in loanwords