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word initially, before e , é , i , í , j , y , ý , æ , ei or ey : unaspirated voiceless palatal stop: geta ⓘ "to be able" between a vowel and a, u, ð, r ; or word finally after a vowel: voiced velar fricative: fluga [ˈflʏːɣa] ⓘ "fly" lag ⓘ "layer"
As this fortunate development only provided for five or six (depending on dialect) of the twelve Greek vowels, the Greeks eventually created digraphs and other modifications, such as ei, ou, and o—which became omega—or in some cases simply ignored the deficiency, as in long a, i, u. [20] Several varieties of the Greek alphabet developed.
Ȝ ȝ Yogh, ȝogh or yoch / ˈ j ɒ ɡ / or / ˈ j ɒ x /, used for various sounds derived from / ɡ /, such as / j / and / x /. Replaced by y , j , [ p ] gh , and ch [ q ] now. ſ long s , an earlier form of the lowercase "s" that continued to be used alongside the modern lowercase s into the 1800s.
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
In general the Romans did not use the traditional (Semitic-derived) names as in Greek: the names of the plosives were formed by adding /eː/ to their sound (except for K and Q , which needed different vowels to be distinguished from C ) and the names of the continuants consisted as a rule either of the bare sound, or the sound preceded by /e ...
In the Romance languages, the minuscule form of V was a rounded u; from this was derived a rounded capital U for the vowel in the 16th century, while a new, pointed minuscule v was derived from V for the consonant. In the case of I, a word-final swash form, j, came to be used for the consonant, with the un-swashed form restricted to vowel use ...
Thus the word Yidish 'Yiddish' is spelled ייִדיש. The first yod represents [j]; the second yod represents [i] and is distinguished from the adjacent [j] by a dot; the third yod represents [i] as well, but no dot is necessary. The digraph יי, consisting of two yods, represents the diphthong [ej].
Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw). Many of these words are part of English core vocabulary, such as egg or knife. There are hundreds of such ...