Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/albiz

How did the b in this word turn into an f? -- TimNelson (talk) 01:18, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Old English underwent final devoicing of fricatives, at least do some extent. So this turned b (which was a voiced fricative in Germanic) into a voiceless f. —CodeCat 01:21, 2 July 2014 (UTC)