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... Old High German full - e - n [ from * full - ja - n ] " fill , " mahh - ō - n " make , " sag - e - n " say " ) . Gothic also had a fourth class : full - nō - da " it became full . " Many Proto - Germanic strong verbs showed a consonant ...
... Old High German full - e - n [ from * full - ja - n ] " fill , " mahh - ō - n " make , " sag - e - n " say " ) . Gothic also had a fourth class : full - nō - da " it became full . " Many Proto - Germanic strong verbs showed a consonant ...
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... Old High German as wir , appears in Old English as wē and in Old Frisian and Old Saxon as wī ) . 5. North Germanic , Elbe Germanic , and East Ger- manic share the addition of the Proto - Germanic nomina- tive - accusative neuter ...
... Old High German as wir , appears in Old English as wē and in Old Frisian and Old Saxon as wī ) . 5. North Germanic , Elbe Germanic , and East Ger- manic share the addition of the Proto - Germanic nomina- tive - accusative neuter ...
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Beginning of German Geograph- ical expansion Standard German Interna- tional ... High German , because it is typical for the shift of p , t , and k after ... Old period ( c . 750-1050 ) . In the southern area settled by Franks , Alamanni ...
Beginning of German Geograph- ical expansion Standard German Interna- tional ... High German , because it is typical for the shift of p , t , and k after ... Old period ( c . 750-1050 ) . In the southern area settled by Franks , Alamanni ...
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