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§ 106 (: Lat. inguen with g$u̯$, Walde s.v.). But after e or i and before r or l, the ŋ became ŋ̑ and gave ḭ, as in eirin Deut. xxiii 1 for *eiryn, § 77 iii, < *eŋryn pl. of aren above;—W. cilydd ‘mate’ < *ciŋ̑lyẟ (ii̯ > W. i not y, cf. § 104 ii (2)) < *keŋglii̯os (§ 65 iii (1)) = Ir. cēle < *keŋglii̯os: Ir. cingim ‘I go’, W. cam ‘stride’, see § 101 iii (2); for meaning, cf. Ml. W. keimat ‘mate’ < cam. The rule only applies to old formations where the ŋŋ already existed in Brit.; in newer formations, and Lat. derivatives ŋ remains, as Cyngreawdr above.

The above changes took place before the loss of Brit. syllables, for nd coming together after the loss of a syllable remains, as in trindod < Lat. trīnitāt-em. Initial mediae were assimilated to final nasals before the latter were lost; e.g. naw mlynedd ‘nine years’ < *nou̯am mlidníi̯as < *neu̯n̥ bl‑.

(1) Brit. mp, nt, ŋk remained finally as in W. pump, pymp < Brit. *pempe; W. cant < Brit. *kanton; W. ieuanc < Brit. *i̯ouaŋkos § 100 i (1). For exceptions see (2). Medially they became mmh, nnh, ŋŋh respectively, as in Ml. W. ymherawdɏr < Lat. imperātor; W. cynhesu ‘to warm’ < Brit. *kon-tess‑, √tep‑, § 96 ii (5); W. angheuol ‘deadly’ < Brit. *aŋkou̯‑, √anek̑‑: Lat. neco, Gk. νέκυς, νεκρός, etc. After an unaccented vowel the nasal is simplified as in the above examples, § 27 ii; after an accented vowel the aspiration was lost, as in cynnes ­‘warm’, angeu (≡ aŋŋeu) ‘death’ § 48 ii, iv.