{z}) = MHG. {pf} ({ph}), {tz}
({z}).
p > pf. OE. {pund}, OHG. MHG. {pfunt}, _pound_; OE. {gelimpan}, OHG.
{gilimpfan}, MHG. {gelimpfen}, _to be meet_; OE. {scieppan}, OHG.
{skepfen}, MHG. {schepfen}, _to create_. The {pf} became {f} after {l}
and {r} already in OHG., as {h[e:]lfan}, MHG. {h[e:]lfen}, OE. {helpan}, _to
help_; {w[e:]rfan}, MHG. {w[e:]rfen}, OE. {weorpan}, _to throw_.
t > z. OE. {tunge}, OHG. {zunga}, MHG. {zunge}, _tongue_; OE. {heorte},
OHG. {h[e:]rza}, MHG. {h[e:]rze}, _heart_; OE. {sealt}, OHG. MHG. {salz},
_salt_; OE. {sittan}, OHG. {sizzen}, {sitzen}, MHG. {sitzen}, _to sit_;
OE. {sceatt}, OHG. {scaz} (gen. {scazzes}, {scatzes}), MHG. {schaz}
(gen. {schatzes}), _money, treasure_.
{k}, {kk} (written {ck}) remained unshifted (except in High Alemanic),
as OE. {corn}, OHG. MHG. {korn}, _corn_; OE. {cn[e]o}, OHG. {kneo}, MHG.
{knie}, _knee_; OE. {sincan}, OHG. {sinkan}, MHG. {sinken}, _to sink_,
pret. {sanc}; OE. {[th]eccan}, OHG. MHG. {decken}, _to cover_.
Sec. 24.
{[th]} became {d}, and {[th][th]} became {tt}, as OE. {[th]orn}, OHG. MHG.
{dorn}, _thorn_; OE. {br[o][th]or}, OHG. MHG. {bruoder}, _brother_. OE.
{smi[th][th]e}, OHG. {smitta}, MHG. {smitte}, _smithy_; OE. {mo[th][th]e},
late MHG. {motte}, _moth_.
Sec. 25.
The voiced explosives {b, d, g}, and the voiced spirants {[bh], [zh]} did not
undergo the same universal shifting as the voiceless explosives. {[bh], [zh]}
became {b, g}. {b, g} remained, and {d} became {t}, as OE. {br[o][th]or},
OHG. MHG. {bruoder}, _brother_; OE. {b[e]odan}, OHG. {biotan}, MHG.
{bieten}, _to offer_; Goth. {giban} (= {gi[bh]an}), OHG. {g[e:]ban}, MHG.
{g[e:]ben}, _to give_. OE. {dohtor}, OHG. MHG. {tohter}, _daughter_; OE.
{b[e]odan}, OHG. {biotan}, MHG. {bieten}, _to offer_; OE. {d[e]ad}, OHG.
MHG. {t[o]t}, _dead_. OE. {g[o]d}, OHG. MHG. {guot}, _good_; OE. {fl[e]ogan},
OHG. {fliogan}, MHG. {fliegen}, _to fly_.
Sec. 26.
The double consonants {bb, dd, gg} = OHG. {pp (bb), tt, cc (gg)}, and
MHG. {pp (b), {tt, ck (gg)}, as OE. {sibb}, OHG. {sippa} ({sibba}), MHG.
{sippe} ({sibbe}), _relationship_; OE. {cribb}, OHG. {krippa}
({kribba}), MHG. {krippe (kribbe)}, _crib_. OE. {biddan}, OHG. {bitten},
MHG. {bitten}, later {biten}, _to request_; OE. {[th]ridda}, OHG. {dritto},
MHG. {dritte}, later {drite}, _third_. OE. {brycg}, OHG. {brucca
(brugga)}, MHG. {br[u:]cke} ({br[u:]gge}), _bridge_. The fluctuation in the
writing of {pp} and {bb}, {ck} and {gg}
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