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The Spelling of Proto-Germanic /f/ in Old High German

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Gustav Must
Gustav Must*
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Valparaiso University
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Abstract

The interchange of / and v (u) in German spelling is found in the oldest written records of the Old High German period. The reason for the introduction of v (u) as a symbol for /f/ in Old High German lay in the Latin spelling practices of the Merovingian period, and in the Vulgar Latin features which they reflected.

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Language , Volume 43 , Issue 2-Part1 , June 1967, pp. 457 - 461
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Copyright © 1967 by Linguistic Society of America

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