OS. [n]

OS. [n]

References ✧ LotR/1113; PE17/36; PE18/104; PE19/79, 92; VT42/26; WJ/363

Element In

Phonetic Development

[ŋs] became [ns] ns < ŋs ✧ PE18/104 (ñs > ns)
OS. initial [s] unvoiced following consonants n̥- < sn- ✧ PE19/79 (sn > n; initially)
OS. [bm], [dn] became [mm], [nn] nn < dn ✧ VT42/26 (dn > nn)
S. [nr] became [ðr] nr > ðr ✧ LotR/1113 (n+r > [dhr]); PE17/36 (nr > ðr); WJ/363 (n-r > dhr)
S. [mb], [nd] became [mm], [nn] nd > nn ✧ PE19/92 (nd > nn)

ON. [n]

References ✧ PE19/19-20, 23

Element In

Phonetic Development

ON. [no change] n < n ✧ PE19/19 (n- > n-); PE19/20 (nd- > nd-); PE19/23 (-n- > -n-)
N. initial nasals vanished before stops nd- > d- ✧ PE19/20 (nd- > d-)
ON. initial syllabic [m], [n], [ŋ] became [am], [an], [aŋ] ṇ- > an- ✧ PE19/20 (nd- > and-)