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====Prepalatal gemination====
====Prepalatal gemination====
With the exception of ''h'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West and East Germanic]] but much more extensives, as in Italo-Romance. [[w:Sievers's_law|Sievers's law]] was no longer operational at this time, as the change also occurred before long vowels (which were subsequently shortened):
With the exception of ''h'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West and East Germanic]] but much more extensive, as in Italo-Romance. [[w:Sievers's_law|Sievers's 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, and voiced sibilants ultimately degeminated:
Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination, and voiced sibilants ultimately degeminated:
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Voiceless plosives also geminated before the liquid consonants ''l'', ''r'':
Voiceless plosives also geminated before the liquid consonants ''l'', ''r'':
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃#Gothic|akrs]]'' → ''akkar''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃#Gothic|akrs]]'' → ''akkar''
*P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kunstiz#Proto-Germanic|aplaz]]'' → ''appul''
*P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kunstiz#Proto-Germanic|*aplaz]]'' → ''appul''


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