Reconstruction talk:Proto-West Germanic/talkōn

These k-forms may have had a vowel in between. This is shown by Old High German hōrehhen (“to hark”). I imagine this only happened after long syllables? On the other hand, Old High German gisnarhhōn (“to snore”) with -hh- instead of -k, -ch also hints at the same after a short syllable, as does the long vowel in Low German taalken (unless it were due to analogy).

The long vowel may be due to influence from Taal (“language, dialect”). Leasnam (talk) 01:07, 22 April 2023 (UTC)