Category:English terms with early reduction of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/

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  1. aunter
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  5. armor
  6. critter
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Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. armor
  2. figure
  3. border
  4. fritter
  5. critter
  6. nater
  7. aunter
  8. picter
  9. batter
  10. solder

In Modern English, /jə(ɹ)/ (/t͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /d͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ʃə(ɹ)/, /ʒə(ɹ)/ after historic /t/, /d/, /s/, /z/) is the usual reflex of unstressed Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/. However, in the late Middle English vernacular, there was a tendency to reduce this sound to /ir/, /ur/, which regularly developed to modern /ə(ɹ)/ instead of /jə(ɹ)/, While forms reflecting this tendency were adopted in the standard language for some words (e.g. fritter), in others such forms were eventually relegated to nonstandard speech before becoming extinct (e.g. nater for nature).


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