[[OIcel morphology]]
# OIcel v-insertion

Some OIcel noun, adjective, and verb stems belong to morphological subclasses that undergo <em class="ling">v</em>-insertion, meaning a linking <em class="ling">-v-</em> precedes all inflectional endings beginning with <em class="ling">i</em> or <em class="ling">a</em>.[^nor]
In many cases such words also exhibit a rounded vowel in the stem.
The lack of a <em class="ling">-v-</em> before <em class="ling">u</em> may be viewed as the result of [[OIcel v-deletion]].

[^nor]: 2013, [[@haugenNorroeneGrammatikIm2013|Norröne Grammatik im Überblick: Altisländisch und Altnorwegisch]], §23, rule 20


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