before consonants, back vowels, or front vowels resulting
from umlaut
/g/
MIDDLE ENGLISH THROUGH PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH
SOURCE: OE
/g/
before consonants, back vowels, or front vowels resulting
from umlaut
Voiced velar stop
The consonant /g/ has been stable from ME through PDE.
| CONSONANT |
OE
/g/
|
ME
/g/
|
EME
/g/
|
PDE /g/
|
| SPELLING |
g, 3
|
g, gg
|
g, gg
|
g, gg
|
| EXAMPLE |
gan
|
go
|
go
|
go
|
SOUND
CHANGES AFFECTING /g/
EME /g/
Loss in initial position before /n/