29-08-2025, 02:52 PM
I used You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. to compare the words.
In total, I compared 4357 words in all folios that have an “c+h” (at the beginning, in the middle, at the end, or standing alone) with the change to “ch.” There are 3815 identical words that only differ in c+h to ch. (including multiple occurrences) That corresponds to 88%. In other words, around 88% (deviations of a few percent are possible) of the words that appear in the manuscript with c+h are identical except for the change to ch.
Is the c+h to ch change the same word or two different words? I think we are dealing here with a sound change.
The following further anomalies exist:
The individual occurrences that do not show a c+h to ch change are halfway longer than we are used to in the manuscript. Often these are compound words that also exist individually in the manuscript.
Here is a brief example:
c+heolkchy = c+heol kchy
otalc+hedy = otal c+hedy
okeolc+hey = okeol c+hey
dalteoc+hy = dal teo c+hy
There are a few more peculiarities that require closer examination.
for example:
root word stem
chor
also exist as:
c+hor, cThor, cPhor, cFhor, ckhor, kchor, pchor, fchor, tchor, qotchor, qopchor, qokchor, qofchor, cheor, c+heor, dchor, ochor, ychor,
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In total, I compared 4357 words in all folios that have an “c+h” (at the beginning, in the middle, at the end, or standing alone) with the change to “ch.” There are 3815 identical words that only differ in c+h to ch. (including multiple occurrences) That corresponds to 88%. In other words, around 88% (deviations of a few percent are possible) of the words that appear in the manuscript with c+h are identical except for the change to ch.
Is the c+h to ch change the same word or two different words? I think we are dealing here with a sound change.
The following further anomalies exist:
The individual occurrences that do not show a c+h to ch change are halfway longer than we are used to in the manuscript. Often these are compound words that also exist individually in the manuscript.
Here is a brief example:
c+heolkchy = c+heol kchy
otalc+hedy = otal c+hedy
okeolc+hey = okeol c+hey
dalteoc+hy = dal teo c+hy
There are a few more peculiarities that require closer examination.
for example:
root word stem
chor
also exist as:
c+hor, cThor, cPhor, cFhor, ckhor, kchor, pchor, fchor, tchor, qotchor, qopchor, qokchor, qofchor, cheor, c+heor, dchor, ochor, ychor,
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