praevocalic

Adjective

 * 1) * 1905: Etsko Kruisinga, A Grammar of the Dialect of West Somerset, pages 94⁽¹⁾ and 95⁽²⁾
 * ⁽¹⁾ Transposition of praevocalic r is very common, see § 66.
 * ⁽²⁾ Postvocalic r has become praevocalic in urn, birthday.
 * 1) * 1909: William Rennie, The Acharnians of Aristophanes, pages 220⁽¹⁾ and 224⁽²⁾
 * ⁽¹⁾ The close pronunciation of praevocalic ε in Boeotian would give ἄνθῐα, just as the Attic θεός becomes Boeotian and Laconian θῐός.
 * ⁽²⁾ Praevocalic ε is represented by Boeotian ῐ.
 * 1) * 1952: Mildred Katharine Pope, From Latin to Modern French, page 570 (rev. ed.)
 * v, 95, 98, 105; sources in O.F. I: Latin kṷ qu, interv. 328–330; G.R. 𝛃, cf. β; L.L. ṷ, initial after d and n, 374; O.F. glide w, 239, 267; in Mid. Fr. f, final praevocalic, 611.
 * v, 95, 98, 105; sources in O.F. I: Latin kṷ qu, interv. 328–330; G.R. 𝛃, cf. β; L.L. ṷ, initial after d and n, 374; O.F. glide w, 239, 267; in Mid. Fr. f, final praevocalic, 611.