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The word transient reveals some enduring patterns in English pronunciation and etymology, thanks in part to the phenomenon of palatalization.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2019
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.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
Where, however, the Norse or Dan. word had a palatal vowel after the sk the change to sh is not at all impossible, and here arises the question of palatalization in O. N.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
This palatalization of sk was general in Scotland as well as in England, and such words in sk must be regarded as Scand. loanwords.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
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.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
