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[ɛ]→[ei]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Diphthongization Germanic

Open-mid front unrounded vowel to Diphthong ei

Diphthongization of [ɛ] to [ei] typically involves the raising of the target or the addition of a high front off-glide.

Phonetic Effects

Diphthongization

Language Examples

Related Transformations

More Germanic Shifts

[a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [æ] → [ɛ] — Vowel Raising

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