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''“A geminate becomes a single consonant when it occurs before another consonant or a word boundary.”'' | ''“A geminate becomes a single consonant when it occurs before another consonant or a word boundary.”'' | ||
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!width="160"| P.Gmc. | |||
!width="155"| Gothic | |||
!width="155"| Griut. | |||
!width="125"| O.Val. | |||
!width="125"| M.Val. | |||
!width="125"| Valth. | |||
!width="200"| | |||
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|style="text-align: center;"| '''''*swemmaną → *swamm''''' <br />/swemːɑnɑ̃ → swɑm(ː)/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''*swimman → *swamm''''' <br />/swimːɑn → swɑm(ː)/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''*swimman → *swam''''' <br />/swimːɑn → swɑm/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''switman → swam''''' <br />/switmɑn → swɑm/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''switman → swam''''' <br />/switmɑn → swɑm/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''switman → swam''''' <br />/switmɑn → swɑm/ | |||
|style="text-align: left; vertical-align: text-top;"| ‘to swim’ → ‘swam’ | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''*kunnaną → *kunþǭ''''' <br />/kunːɑnɑ̃ → kunθõː/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''kunnan → kunþa''''' <br />/kunːɑn → kunθɑ/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''*kunnan → *kunþa''''' <br />/kunːɑn → kunθɑ/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''kutnan → kunþa''''' <br />/kutnɑn → kunθɑ/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''kutnan → kunþa''''' <br />/kutnɑn → kunθɑ/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''kutnan → kunþa''''' <br />/kutnɑn → kunθɑ/ | |||
|style="text-align: left; vertical-align: text-top;"| ‘to be able’ → ‘could’ | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''*wessǭ → gawessaz''''' <br />/wesːõː → gɑˈwesːɑz/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''wissa → gawiss''''' <br />/wisːɑ → gaˈwis(s)/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''wissa → gawis(s)''''' <br />/wisːɑ → gaˈwis/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''wihsa → gawis(s)''''' <br />/wihsɑ → gɑˈwis/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''wīsa → gawis''''' <br />/wiːsɑ → gɑˈwis/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''wīsa → gawís''''' <br />/wiːsɑ → gɑˈwis/ | |||
|style="text-align: left; vertical-align: text-top;"| ‘I knew’ → ‘certain’ | |||
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===Spirantization of Fricatives=== | ===Spirantization of Fricatives=== | ||