II.1. Phonetic changes of Eleiar:

Apart from the phonetic changes which already were true for the Proto-Eleiar, there are also phonetic changes typical for the development of Eleiar, even if there were fewer. Thus the diphtong EU soon became eo; e.g. GEUR geora (horn, m.). In just the same way from ¶u and ¶i arose u and i; the phonetic changes of the protolanguage were unaffected by this, being historically precedent. Examples: *yinal Þ inal (nude, bare); *gyina Þ gina (mild, soft ). The single Schwa was unaffected by this change (as is kyta, sandy).

The aspirate h was lost in part in initial position in Eleiar, mostly in prefixes; so one can assume the proto-elven form of the name of the elves to have been *Heleion Siadd. Compare also the following contrasting pair: harma (blood, f.) but anda (trusting) to HAIN (to trust). Intervocalic g was first lost after long vowels, before being in part also lost elsewhere; e.g. ÞÉg (disappear, dwindle) + -IS Þ *théghis (disapperaed, Part. Perf.) Þ thés. KEIg (to gasp, groan) + -AL Þ *keighal (groaning, gasping) Þ ceial, but Part. Perf. ceighis. When g is lost, the changes in hiatus occur (*théghis Þ thés), while combinations of sounds more in accordance with Eleiar like -eal- in ceial are retained.

Note: The fact that groups like -eio- in Eleion went back to the semi-vowel was of course no longer known to the elves. A group like þé(g)is on the other hand was also consistent with the rules of Eleiar.

In pronounciation consonants assimilated; e.g. broningi (wooden), from: BRON (tree, wood) + IM (formative of abstracts) + -GI (suffix for the derivation of adjectives from nouns).

The voiced spirant z becomes -r- in front of liquids and plosives; e.g. *azda (greedy) from the root AIS Þ arda (the same). In inter-vocalic position, however, if remained in Eleiar; e.g. gazis (shone), of the root GAZ (to shine).