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[uo]→[y]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 4/5

Umlaut Monophthongization Vowel Shift Fronting Rounding Germanic West Germanic

Diphthong uo to Close front rounded vowel

The diphthong /uo/ can undergo a transformation to the close front rounded vowel /y/ primarily through a process of i-umlaut, which first transforms the back rounded diphthong /uo/ into a front rounded diphthong /yø/, followed by monophthongization of /yø/ to /y/.

Phonetic Effects

Umlaut, Monophthongization

Language Examples

Middle High German West Germanic

suozi→süeze— The diphthong /uo/ underwent i-umlaut to /yø/, which subsequently monophthongized to /y:/ in Middle High German. This is exemplified by the shift from forms like *suozi* to *süeze* ('sweet').

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Vowel Shift Shifts

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

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