ON. [θ] ‹th›

ON. [θ] ‹th›

References ✧ PE19/18, 20-21, 23

Element In

• ON. t-series
• ON. voiceless-spirants

Phonetic Development

ON. aspirates became voiceless spirants	θ	<	tʰ	✧ PE19/18 (th- > th/þ-); PE19/21 (thr- > thr-); PE19/21 (thl- > thl-); PE19/23 (-th- > -th-)
ON. voiceless stops became spirants after initial [s]	sθ-	<	st-	✧ PE19/20 (st- > sth-)
ON. initial [s] became [θ] before [l], [r]	θl-	<	sl-	✧ PE19/21 (sl- > thl-)
ON. initial [s] became [θ] before [l], [r]	θr-	<	sr-	✧ PE19/21 (sr- > thr-)
N. initial [s] vanished before spirants	sθ-	>	θ-	✧ PE19/20 (sth- > th-)