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| ''*mḗHwēg''<ref> | | ''*mḗHwēg''<ref>See [[Moshurian#Iki-Duki's law|Iki-Duki's law]].</ref> || ''meshek'' || ''màfhek'' || ''mufhe'' | ||
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! "Moshurian" | ! "Moshurian" | ||
| ''*uðileH'' || ''uthilikmöim'' || ''uthilikmui'' || '' | | ''*uðileH'' || ''uthilikmöim'' || ''uthilikmui'' || ''uthilikh/uthilikmë'' | ||
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====Iki-Duki's law==== | ====Iki-Duki's law==== | ||
In the transistory period between Early and Old Moshurian, the | In the transistory period between Early and Old Moshurian, the /Hw/ sounds found in Early Moshurian post-alveolised to become /ʃ/ in Old Moshurian and then in /ɸ/ in Middle Moshurian. This sound change, which seems to only have occured in Moshuric and Aquqi derivations, is often known in Radael linguistic areas as '''Iki-Duki's law''', as it was first hypothesised by a Kutic nomadic linguist called Iki-Duki, who studied phonological differences between his native Kutic and Moshurian. Although Iki-Duki's most famous contribution to the linguistics community was his classification of Kutic as part of the at the time still considered areal language family Ebró, his findings later snowballed into further study into other Moshuric languages and his hypothesis. | ||
The law was first attested by Arnic linguist Môhwod ða-Téfir himself, and one of his first of many contributions to the linguistic community. | The law was first attested by Arnic linguist Môhwod ða-Téfir himself, and one of his first of many contributions to the linguistic community. | ||