SOURCE: Germanic */l/
Voiced alveolar lateral
The consonant /l/ has been stable from OE through PDE.
| CONSONANT |
OE
/l/
|
ME
/l/
|
EME
/l/
|
PDE /l/
|
| SPELLING |
l
|
l, ll
|
l, ll
|
l, ll
|
| EXAMPLE |
lic
|
like
|
like
|
like
|
SOUND
CHANGES AFFECTING /l/
ME /l/
Loss in consonant clusters
EME /l/
Loss after low back vowels and before labial or velar consonants
Spelling pronunciation in loanwords