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After syncope, /ml, nl, mr, nr/ were reintroduced into the language outside of prefixes.
After syncope, /ml, nl, mr, nr/ were reintroduced into the language outside of prefixes.


Subsequently, /n/ was lost with compensatory lengthening before liquid consonants /l, r/:
Subsequently, /n/ was lost before liquid consonants /l, m, r/ with compensatory gemination of the liquid consonant:
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌹#Gothic|*kuni]][[wikt:-𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃#Gothic|lig̃gs]]'' → ''kunling'' → ''kųlling''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌹#Gothic|*kuni]][[wikt:-𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃#Gothic|lig̃gs]]'' → ''kunling'' → ''kųlling''


There was no compensatory lengthening when the syllable with the nasal coda was unstressed, as with words prefixed with ''an-'', ''in-'', ''un-'':
There was no compensatory gemination when the syllable with the nasal coda was unstressed, as with words prefixed with ''an-'', ''in-'', ''un-'':
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃#Gothic|unlustus]]'' → ''unlust'' → ''ųlust''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃#Gothic|unlustus]]'' → ''unlust'' → ''ųlust''
*P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unrehtaz#Proto-Germanic|*unrehtaz]]'' → ''unrjat'' → ''ųriat''
*P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unrehtaz#Proto-Germanic|*unrehtaz]]'' → ''unrjat'' → ''ųriat''
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