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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 Flom, George Tobias

The exact extent of such palatalization is very difficult to determine.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

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 Flom, George Tobias

Generally speaking, less extensive palatalization in Nhb. than in W. S.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias