pretonic

/ priːˈtɒnɪk /

adjective

denoting or relating to the syllable before the one bearing the primary stress in a word

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Further, in O.W. pretonic ŭ is weakened to an indeterminate sound written i and later y, a phenomenon which does not occur in Breton, e.g.