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(England; Indo-European, West Germanic)		 For more information about metathesis in this language, click on the following links:
Summary:
Diachronically, root-final clusters of a velar stop followed by a alveolar fricative metathesized:

'ks' > 'sk'
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Examples:
(See Comments for key to special characters used.)
a. 'ks'  in Old English  >  'sk' in Middle English (American Heritage Dictionary)

    dox   >  dosc, dusk        'dusk'
Conditions:
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Motivation:
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Last updated: 10/16/2002
References:
Morris, William (ed.). 1969. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English 
    Language. Boston/New York/Atlanta/Geneva, Illinois/Dallas/Palo Alto.