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What is the name of a sound shift law under which the Proto-Germanic vowel "e" changes to the English "i", e.g.

*fehtaną (fechten) -> fight;
*rehtaz (recht) -> right

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As mentioned in this other answer:

In Old English, front vowels […] got raised before /xt/. This is why vowels before English ght are generally higher than before German cht: see also recht~right, etc.

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