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Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch

George Tobias Flom

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .North. We have seen that c or g did not cause diphthongation of the following vowel in the North as often as in the South. In view of the fact that palatalization was not always indicated, this may not prove anything, but may, however, indicate less palatalization than in the South. The fact that e or i was sometimes inserted before a following dark vowel, cp. ahefgia, "gravare," gefragia, "interrogare," proves that palatalization in these words, at least, existed.

12. Sk as a Scandinavian Sign. Certain Words in sk. Palatalization in Norse.

Wall argues that non-palatalization cannot be regarded as a sign of Scand. influence and cites a number of words in support of this conclusion (see Wall, . . . Read More