Timeline for Why did some English verbs lose nasal endings?
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| Jan 26, 2021 at 1:34 | comment | added | herisson | @DecapitatedSoul: The final consonant might have been voiced to [z]. The vowel might have been [ə], but it's hard to know the exact quality | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 8:18 | comment | added | Rayan Khan | "This same sound change turned the Old English plural noun ending -as into the Middle English plural ending -es." ///////// As far as I know, the -as in OE was pronounced /-ɑs/, but I'm not sure how the -es was pronounced in Middle English? Was it /-əs/? | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 6:53 | comment | added | user387044 | Thank you so much for the enlightening answer! | |
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| Jan 23, 2021 at 21:34 | history | edited | herisson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 23, 2021 at 20:48 | history | answered | herisson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |