Talk:Moskau

Comparison With English
Although German & English did both undergo a /uː/ > /aʊ̯/ sound change, neither seem to be at play in either Moskau or Moscow. There's no evidence (none presented here anyway), that the German word originally had /uː/ so an erratic /oʊ̯/ > /aʊ̯/ sound change is more likely, perhaps through another language. & the /aʊ̯/ pronunciation of English Moscow is a spelling-pronunciation which substitutes one  diagraph for another. I'll be deleting the comparison but leaving this up incase someone is tempted to make it again or has other evidence. Anothracountiges (talk) 00:35, 13 June 2023 (UTC)