/v/
MIDDLE ENGLISH THROUGH PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH
SOURCE: OE
/f/
Voiceless labiodental fricative
The consonant /v/, which did not exist as a separate phoneme in OE, has been stable from ME through PDE.
| CONSONANT |
ME
/v/
|
EME
/v/
|
PDE /v/
|
| SPELLING |
v, u
|
v, u, vv,
uu
|
v, vv
|
| EXAMPLE |
veyne
|
vein
|
vein
|
SOUND
CHANGES AFFECTING /v/
ME /v/
Loss in consonant cluster