TASK 2 Name and last name:

NIUB:
Sound changes

1. Examine the following examples and explain the sound changes that
they have undergone

WORD SOUND CHANGE DESCRIPTION

1. Germanic *munþ- > OE mūþ Loss Syncope

2. OE ǣmtig > ǣmptig ‘Empty’ Insertion Ephentesis

3. Insertion Prothesis
4. Loss Aphaeresis
5. Assimilation Regressive, total,
immediate

6. Germanic *horso > ModE horse Dissimilation

7. Lentition Voicing
8. Loss Apocope
9. Loss Haplology
10. Loss Syncope
11. Loss Syncope
12. Insertion Ephentesis
13. Loss, Assimilation Apocope,
progressive, partial,
intermediate

14. Loss, Insertion, Aphaeresis,

Lentition Syncope,
 Rhotacism,
Prothesis

2. For each word deci

Please, note that the Germanic word is provided between brackets when a
vowel change took place between Germanic and OE

1. OE Cniht ‘boy’ /k/

2. OE Cōl ‚cool’ /k/ v
3. OE Gǣ t (from Gm
4. OE Guma ‚man’ /
5. OE Ig ‚island’ /j/ pa
6. OE Cidan ‘ to chide
7. OE Micel ‚much’ /
8. OE Gimm ‚gem’ /j
9. OE Cēlan (from Gm

3. Explain what is the

words show. Please, note that the second word in each pair is a verb, which is
morphologically related to the first word:

1. Blood-bleed
2. Full-fill