In both Danian dialects, primitive ✶[ǣ] developed into other sounds: to [ea] in Ossiriandic and to [ā] in East Danian (PE19/25). In Ossiriandic, however, [ǣ] developed from the diphthong [ai] (PE19/25). This may have been the state of Ossiriandic as it was described in The Etymologies, since this sound appeared in the word snæ̂s “gore” (Ety/SNAS). According to the Comparative Tables, this [ǣ] later became [ē] (PE19/25).