germanic h

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

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"The Germanic h, on the other hand, was at one time a distinct phoneme in French, much the same as [h] in Modern English (Fouché, 580–581). In this study I first explain how the Germanic h came into the French language during the Germanic tribes’ invasions in the fifth century."

From Germanic + h, due to the prevalence of words with this letter originating from Germanic languages.

Germanic h's (plural)

aspirated h

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