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Nasals that formed the end of a root, as in ''[[wikt:𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃#Gothic|háims]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|aljan]]'' were either not lost or more likely restored by analogy with forms with inflectional endings; the Niemish descendants of these words are ''[[Contionary:ham|ham]]'' and ''[[Contionary:ällin|ällin]]''. | Nasals that formed the end of a root, as in ''[[wikt:𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃#Gothic|háims]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|aljan]]'' were either not lost or more likely restored by analogy with forms with inflectional endings; the Niemish descendants of these words are ''[[Contionary:ham|ham]]'' and ''[[Contionary:ällin|ällin]]''. | ||
====Reduction of /rn/ to /r/==== | |||
Niemish reduced /rn/ to /r/: | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽#Gothic|haúrn]]'' → ''{{term|hor#Niemish|hór}}'' ("horn") | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽#Gothic|eisarn]]'' → ''{{term|iszar#Niemish|íszar}}'' ("iron") | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽#Gothic|kaúrn]]'' → ''{{term|kor#Niemish|kór}}'' ("corn") | |||
The same sound shift also occurred in Luxembourgish ''[[wikt:Kar#Luxembourgish|Kar]]'' and Dalecarlian Swedish dialects ''[[w:Dalecarlian_language#Phonology]]''. A similar shift cannot be confirmed for Crimean Gothic ''[[wikt:kor#Crimean_Gothic|kor]]'' as the manuscript that records Crimean Gothic is likely riddled with typographic errors. | |||
====apocope==== | |||
Niemish underwent drastic apocope of vowels - less strong than in Slavic languages, but stronger than in Scandinavian. In the process it generated new instances of /rn/: | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌰𐍂𐌰#Gothic|aran]]'' → ''{{term|arn#Niemish|árn}}'' ("eagle") | |||
*Post-Got. ''[[wikt:𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽#Gothic|*eisarn]][[wikt:-𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃#Gothic|eins]]'' → ''{{term|iszarn#Niemish|íszarn}}'' ("made of iron") | |||
====Loss of /θ/==== | ====Loss of /θ/==== | ||