User:Mellohi!/Old Irish terms with œ
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There are several words in Old Irish whose first vowel tends to vascillate between the spellings au, ai, e, i, and u. This initial vowel has been hypothesized to be /œ/ or /æ/ and arose from the u-infection of a of a u that came before a palatalized consonant, in addition to appearing where the prefix ar- is followed by fo- (with fo- being lost).
Suspected words
[edit]u-infection by palatal-contact u
[edit]- do·aurchain (“to prophesy”)
- do·aurling (“to dismount”)
- irlam (“ready”)
Before a velar
[edit]- auraicept, uraicecht (“primer”)
- erchót and prototonic forms of ar·coat
- airchur and prototonic forms of ar·cuirethar