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With the exception of ''h'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West Germanic]] and in Italo-Romance. [[w:Siever's_law|Sievers law]] was no longer operational at this time, as the change also occurred before long vowels (which were subsequently shortened):

Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination:

Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination, and voiced sibilants ultimately degeminated:

Post-Gothic ''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → /~~tːs~~, ~~dːz~~, ʃː, ʒː/ → /tːs, z, ʃː, ʒ/

Post-Gothic ''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → /tts, ddz, ʃʃ, ʒʒ/ → /tts, zz, ʃʃ, ʒʒ/ → /tːs, z, ʃʃ, ʒ/

The prepalatal gemination was a very early sound change, likely taking effect in late Post-Gothic itself.

It is ~~also~~ thought that ''dj'' initially became */dz/ before /z/ and ~~voiced sibilants were degeminated, as shown by the fact that~~ ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|daddjan]]'' became ''dazund''; had /z/ arisen in the Post-Gothic period, extended Thurneysen's law would have devoiced the consonant to give ''*dasund''.

It is thought that ''dj'' initially became */dz/ before /z/, both because it patterns with ''tj'' → /tts/ and because Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|daddjan]]'' became ''dazund''; had degeminated /z/ arisen in the Post-Gothic period, extended Thurneysen's law would have devoiced the consonant to give ''*dasund''. There are no examples of ''z'' arising from the coronal palatalisation being affected by extended Thurneysen's law.

There are no examples of ''z'' arising from the coronal palatalisation being affected by extended Thurneysen's law.

Voiceless plosives also geminated before the liquid consonants ''l'', ''r'':

====First umlaut (umlaut pattern 1. or i-umlaut)====

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 With the exception of ''h'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West Germanic]] and in Italo-Romance. [[w:Siever's_law|Sievers law]] was no longer operational at this time, as the change also occurred before long vowels (which were subsequently shortened):
-Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination:
+Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination, and voiced sibilants ultimately degeminated:
-Post-Gothic ''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → /tːs, dːz, ʃː, ʒː/ → /tːs, z, ʃː, ʒ/
+Post-Gothic ''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → /tts, ddz, ʃʃ, ʒʒ/ → /tts, zz, ʃʃ, ʒʒ/ → /tːs, z, ʃʃ, ʒ/
 The prepalatal gemination was a very early sound change, likely taking effect in late Post-Gothic itself.
-It is also thought that ''dj'' initially became */dz/ before /z/ and voiced sibilants were degeminated, as shown by the fact that ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|daddjan]]'' became ''dazund''; had /z/ arisen in the Post-Gothic period, extended Thurneysen's law would have devoiced the consonant to give ''*dasund''.
+It is thought that ''dj'' initially became */dz/ before /z/, both because it patterns with ''tj'' → /tts/ and because Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|daddjan]]'' became ''dazund''; had degeminated /z/ arisen in the Post-Gothic period, extended Thurneysen's law would have devoiced the consonant to give ''*dasund''. There are no examples of ''z'' arising from the coronal palatalisation being affected by extended Thurneysen's law.
-There are no examples of ''z'' arising from the coronal palatalisation being affected by extended Thurneysen's law.
 Voiceless plosives also geminated before the liquid consonants ''l'', ''r'':
 ====First umlaut (umlaut pattern 1. or i-umlaut)====