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What went wrong with the stem vowel when Frisians shifted from Frisian to Hollandish.

What is it about?

It discusses another example of how Old Frisian /a:/ from Germanic */ai/ was mistaken as OFris /a:/ from Gmc */au/. Earlier examples already spotted include Du moot "slice of fish", roop "rope", toon 'toe'.

Why is it important?

The article shows that new discoveries are still to be made in a field that seems well trodden.

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