Support clasp
A support lock is a plosive that is inserted into a sound sequence to facilitate pronunciation and is not etymologically motivated.
Examples
- mhd. eigenlich > NHG. intrinsically t Lich
- Schwein + Bavarian diminutive suffix -erl = Schwein d erl (n.)
An example of an etymologically motivated case - and thus to be distinguished from a support lock - is:
- nhd. comb vs. Bavarian Kam p (e) l (m.) - cf. mhd. kamp , engl. comb
See also
- The support lock is a form of the epenthesis .
- Sound change