User talk:Kolmiel/Luxembourgish

MHG i
The lowering of OHG/MHG i to Lux. a was probably blocked under i-umlaut conditions. This explains the conjugation of strong verbs like "fannen", "schwammen", etc., as well as the alternation between "déck" and "dacks". Some Luxembourgish forms lacking the lowering would thus become entirely regular. It nevertheless remains true that there is also a lot of irregular variation and that grammaticalisation took place e.g. in "Rank" > "Réng", which is an original a-stem, and "Schratt" > "Schrëtt", whose plural had an open syllable. 178.4.151.88 09:43, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Intervocalic g
Loss of MHG intervocalic -g- is regular after diphthongs, long vowels, and low short vowels (a, o, e). Exceptions are very rare (apart from cases of levelling and German influence). However, after high short vowels (i, ü, u) cases of preserved -g- are too frequent to be considered exceptional, e.g. Digel, Dugend, Fligel, Igel, Kugel, Ligen, Spigel, Zigel. In fact, the expected development into "ei" and "au" is more difficult to cite. Cf. e.g. leien, weien, Reil (alongside Rigel), Vaul (alongside Vugel). So it should be said that loss of intervocalic -g- is a sporadic development after short i, ü, u, and a rule otherwise. 88.64.225.109 21:49, 3 September 2021 (UTC)