Die Ablaute der 7. Reihe starker Verben im Nord- und Westgermanischen – Ursprung und Unterschiede in den Einzelsprachen

Abstract

The Germanic accent shift led to the formation of new ablauts in reduplicating verbs with vocalic initials in North and West Germanic languages. These new ablauts then spread over the subclasses to which these verbs belonged on account of the inseparable relation between ablauts and stem forms. Based on reinterpretation of the relation between the newer monosyllabic and the older disyllabic past stems further ablauts were formed analogically by omitting the former root initials and contraction in the other subclasses. The differences of new ablauts among the languages are mainly due to the ablaut ē 1/ō of verba pura, vowel changes before and after contraction and analogical leveling.