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Presumably the same would have happened to /b/ arising from /gʷ/, but ungeminated /gʷ/ did not occur after vowels in Gothic. | Presumably the same would have happened to /b/ arising from /gʷ/, but ungeminated /gʷ/ did not occur after vowels in Gothic. | ||
WHen /w/ followed any other consonant preceded by a vowel, it elided, causing the consonant to geminate in compensation (unless this consonant could not occur as a geminate in Niemish, in wich case the /w/ simply elided): | WHen /w/ followed any other consonant preceded by a stressed vowel, it elided, causing the consonant to geminate in compensation (unless this consonant could not occur as a geminate in Niemish, in wich case the /w/ simply elided): | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍅𐍉#Gothic|gatwō]]'' → ''{{term|gatta#Niemish|gàtta}}'' ("street") | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍅𐍉#Gothic|gatwō]]'' → ''{{term|gatta#Niemish|gàtta}}'' ("street") | ||
*PGmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swalwǭ#Proto-Germanic|*swalwǭ]]'' → ''{{term|szwalla#Niemish|szwàlla}}'' ("swallow, a type of bird") | *PGmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swalwǭ#Proto-Germanic|*swalwǭ]]'' → ''{{term|szwalla#Niemish|szwàlla}}'' ("swallow, a type of bird") | ||