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Answer by rajah9 for Was there a D to TH sound change in English?
Grimm's law is at work here.Grimm's law consists of three parts which form consecutive phases inthe sense of a chain shift. The phases are usually constructed asfollows:Proto-Indo-European voiceless...
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I looked up the etymology of "father" and see what Etymology Dictionary says:Old English fæder"he who begets a child, nearest male ancestor;"It clearly says "fæder" with a D.Wikitionary also has the D...
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