§§86-7] Diphthongs of Accented Syllables 33 liuhtjan, OS. líuhtian, OHG. liuhten, to light; Goth. stiurjan, to establish, OHG. stiuren, to support, steer. eu § 8β. eu (OE. ēo, OS. OHG. io(eo), O.Icel. jō(jū)) became iu in Gothic, as Goth, diups, OE. dēop, OS. diop, OHG. tiof, O.Icel. djūpr, deep; Goth. Huhaþ, OE. lēoht, OS. OHG. lioht, a light, cp. Gr. λευκ<55, light, bright; Goth, liufs, OE. lēof, OS. liof, OHG. liob, O.Icel. Ijūfr, dear; Goth, tiuhan (§ 801), OS. tiohan, OHG. ziohan, to draw, pull; Goth, fra-liusan, OE. for-lēosan, OS. far-Hosan, OHG. fir-liosan, to lose. CHAPTER V THE GOTHIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIMITIVE GERMANIC VOWELS OF UNACCENTED SYLLABLES. § 87. In order to establish and illustrate the Gothic treatment of the vowels of final syllables by comparison with other non-Germanic languages, Lat., Greek, &c., it will be useful to state here a law, relating to the general Germanic treatment of Indo-Germanic final consonants, which properly belongs to a later chapter:— (i) Final -m became -n. This ·η remained when protected by a particle, e. g. Goth, þan-a (§ 265), the = Skr. tám, Lat. is-tum, Gr. τοΊ>. But when it was not protected by a particle, it, as also Indo-Germanic final -n, was dropped in prim. Germanic after short vowels ; and the preceding vowel underwent in Gothic just the same treatment as if it had been originally final, i.e. it was dropped with the exception of u, e.g. ace. sing. Goth, wulf, wolf = Skr. vf kam, Gr. λύκον, Lat. lupum; nom. ace. sing. Goth, juk, yoke = Skr. yugám, Gr. uuyoV, Lat. jugum; inf. niman from *nemanan, to take; ace. sing. Goth, ga-qumþ, a coming 1187 D