The phonological history of English describes changing phonology of the English language over time, starting from its roots in proto-Germanic to diverse changes in different dialects of modern English.
Within each section, changes are in approximate chronological order.
NOTE: In the following description, abbreviations are used as follows:
OE = Old English
PreOE = Pre-Old English
ME = Middle English
NE = Modern English
PG = Proto-Germanic
PrePG = Pre-Proto-Germanic
NWG = Northwest Germanic
OHG = Old High German
MHG = Middle High German
NHG = Modern German
Goth = Gothic
PN = Proto-Norse
ON = Old Norse
OS = Old Saxon
PIE = Proto-Indo-European
The time periods for many of the following stages are extremely short due to the extensive population movements occurring during the early AD period, which resulted in rapid dialect fragmentation:
The migration of the Goths from southeast Sweden to the Baltic Sea area around AD 1,[dubious – discuss] followed by the migration to southeast Romania around AD 200. (Later migrations carried the Crimean Goths eastward to the Crimea area in modern Ukraine, the Ostrogoths to Italy, and carried the Visigoths westward to Spain.)
The migration of the High German ancestors southward, starting around AD 260, and renewed in the 5th century AD.
The migration of the Anglo-Saxons westward into Britain, starting around AD 450.
Within each section, changes are in approximate chronological order.
NOTE: In the following description, abbreviations are used as follows:
OE = Old English
PreOE = Pre-Old English
ME = Middle English
NE = Modern English
PG = Proto-Germanic
PrePG = Pre-Proto-Germanic
NWG = Northwest Germanic
OHG = Old High German
MHG = Middle High German
NHG = Modern German
Goth = Gothic
PN = Proto-Norse
ON = Old Norse
OS = Old Saxon
PIE = Proto-Indo-European
The time periods for many of the following stages are extremely short due to the extensive population movements occurring during the early AD period, which resulted in rapid dialect fragmentation:
The migration of the Goths from southeast Sweden to the Baltic Sea area around AD 1,[dubious – discuss] followed by the migration to southeast Romania around AD 200. (Later migrations carried the Crimean Goths eastward to the Crimea area in modern Ukraine, the Ostrogoths to Italy, and carried the Visigoths westward to Spain.)
The migration of the High German ancestors southward, starting around AD 260, and renewed in the 5th century AD.
The migration of the Anglo-Saxons westward into Britain, starting around AD 450.
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