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Ar. &#8209;mi̯- became &#8209;ni̯- in Pr. Kelt.; as W. dyn ‘man’, Ir. duine < *g̑hðomi̯o&#8209;, § 98 i (3), § 121 i;—W. myned, ‘to go’, Ml. Bret. monet, Corn. mones < *momi̯- for *mami̯- § 65 v (2), by assim. for *bam&#8209;i̯- < *ɡ$u̯$ₑm&#8209;i̯&#8209;, √ɡ$u̯$em&#8209;: Lat. venio, Gk. βαίνω both < *ɡ$u̯$ₑmi̯ō, Goth. qiman, E. come. The &#8209;i- disappeared before the &#8209;e- of the suffix; the suffix may have been &#8209;at&#8209;, § 203 ii, which following the accent would become &#8209;et- after i̯, see § 65 vi (1). The i̯ was lost in the compounds an-fon, dan-fon ‘to accompany, send’, prefix § 156 ii (1).

In some cases metathesis of i̥ took place in Brit. Thus Ir. suide ‘soot’ comes from *sodi̯o&#8209;, but W. hudd- in huddygl ‘soot’ implies *soi̯d&#8209;; O. E. sōt, Lith. sů́džiai ‘soot’ have L°-grade; so W. suddaf ‘I sink’ < *soi̯d- < *sodi̯- beside W. soddaf ‘I sink’, sawdd ‘subsidence’ < *sōd&#8209;, √sed- § 63 ii.—W. drum ‘ridge’ < *droimm- < *drommi̯- < *dros&#8209;mi&#8209;: Ir. druimm < *drommi- (i-stem): Lat. dorsum < *dr̥s-so&#8209;m, Gk. δειράς < *ders-ad&#8209;, Skr. dr̥ṣ-ád ‘rock, millstone’, √deres&#8209;;—W. turi̯o ‘to delve’ < *toirg- < *torgi̯&#8209;: Lat. porca § 101 iii (1);—W. ar-o-fun ‘intend’, dam-(f)un-aw, dym-un-o ‘desire’, with &#8209;fun- < *moin- < *moni̯&#8209;: Lat. moneo, √menēi̯&#8209;, extension of √men- ‘mind’;—W. ulw ‘ashes, powder’ < *oi̯lu- < *polu̯i̯&#8209;: Lat. pulvis < *polu̯is;—W. Urien, O. W. Urb-gen § 25 i < *oirbo-gen- < *orbi̯o&#8209;: Gaul. Orbius ‘heir’, Lat. orbus, Gk. ὀρφανός;—W. wyneb ‘face’, in comp. wynab- 30 < *einep&#8209;, *einap&#8209; < *eni̯-əq$u̯$- (§ 65 vi (1)): Skr. ánīkam ‘face’ < *eni-əq$u̯$-, √ōq$u̯$&#8209;; the un-metathesized form is seen in O. W. einepp, where ein- is from *en(i̯)- § 70 v, since old ei had then become ui ≡ Mn. wy; O. W. enep, Corn. eneb Bret. enep, Ir. enech show i̯ lost, which occurs before e in Brit., see vi below, and cf. § 35 ii (2), and is usual in Ir., cf. i above;—W. wybr, wybren ‘cloud’ Ỻ.A. 104, 91, ‘sky’, O. Corn. huibren gl. nubes < *eibbr- < *embhri- § 99 vi (1): Lat. imber gen. imbris (i-stem) < *embhri-