That's why the second ı was lengthened to ȷ: 'dıȷc'.
It originally represented the long ee sound as in English 'freeze': [iː].
However, in the 14th century, ... 2/
Yoïn van Spijk on Nostr: 2/ ... consecutive dotless ı's looked a lot like the letter u. A Middle Dutch word ...
2/ ... consecutive dotless ı's looked a lot like the letter u. A Middle Dutch word such as 'dııc' could be mistaken for 'duc'.
That's why the second ı was lengthened to ȷ: 'dıȷc'.
It originally represented the long ee sound as in English 'freeze': [iː].
However, in the 14th century, ... 2/
That's why the second ı was lengthened to ȷ: 'dıȷc'.
It originally represented the long ee sound as in English 'freeze': [iː].
However, in the 14th century, ... 2/