SOURCE: Germanic */j/; OE
/g/
alveopalatal semivowel
The consonant /j/ has been stable from OE through PDE.
| CONSONANT |
OE
/j/
|
ME
/j/
|
EME
/j/
|
PDE /j/
|
| SPELLING |
g
|
3,
y, g
|
y
|
y, u (to
represent /j/ + /u/)
|
| EXAMPLE |
geong
|
younge
|
young
|
young
|
SOUND
CHANGES AFFECTING /j/
ME /j/
Loss of /j/ in OE prefix spelled ge-