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===Change of /fl/ to /θl/===
===Change of /fl/ to /θl/===
This is an expansion of an earlier change in East Germanic in which /fl/ became /θl/ in certain questionable environments which may or may not have included back vowels and velar consonants (there are only a handful of attested words where this change appears in writings of the time). Shortly after the Griutungi split, all remaining word-initial instances of /fl/ became /θl/.
This is an expansion of an earlier change in East Germanic in which /fl/ became /θl/ in certain questionable environments which may or may not have included back vowels and/or velar consonants (there are only a handful of attested words where this change appears in writings of the time). Shortly after the Griutungi split, all remaining word-initial instances of /fl/ became /θl/.


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''“Word-initial '''f''' becomes '''þ''' before '''l'''.”''
''“Word-initial '''f''' becomes '''þ''' before '''l'''.”''
E.g.:
{| class="bluetable"
|-
!width="75"| P.Gmc.
!width="75"| Gothic
!width="75"| Griut.
!width="75"| O.Val.
!width="75"| M.Val.
!width="75"| Valth.
!width="100"|  
|-
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''*fleuganą''''' <br />/fleugɑnɑ͂/
|style="text-align: center; background-color: paleturquoise;"| '''''*þliugan''''' <br />/θliu̯ɡɑn/
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''*þliugan''''' <br />/θliu̯ɡɑn/
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''þljugan''''' <br />/θljuɡɑn/
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''þljugan''''' <br />/θljuɡn̩/
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''þljugna''''' <br />/θljuɡnɑ/
|style="text-align: left; vertical-align: text-top;"| ‘to fly’
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| '''''*flehtiz''''' <br />/flehtiz/
| style="text-align: center; background-color: paleturquoise;"| '''''þlaihts''''' <br />/θlɛhts/
| style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''*þlehts''''' <br />/θlehts/
| style="text-align: center;"| '''''*þlehts''''' <br />/θlehts/
| style="text-align: center;"| '''''þlǣts''''' <br />/θleːts/
| style="text-align: center;"| '''''þlǣts''''' <br />/θle̞ːts/
|style="text-align: left; vertical-align: text-top;"| ‘comfort’
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| '''''*flōduz''''' <br />/floːðuz/
| style="text-align: center;"| '''''flōdus''''' <br />/floːðus/
| style="text-align: center;"| '''''*flōdus''''' <br />/floːðus/
| style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''þlōðus''''' <br />/θlou̯ðus/
| style="text-align: center;"| '''''þlōðus''''' <br />/θlɔu̯ðus/
| style="text-align: center;"| '''''þlōðus''''' <br />/θlau̯ðus/
|style="text-align: left; vertical-align: text-top;"| ‘river’
|}


===Voicing and Devoicing of Consonant Clusters===
===Voicing and Devoicing of Consonant Clusters===