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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 before liquid consonants /l, m, r/ with compensatory gemination of the liquid consonant: | Subsequently, simple /n/ was lost before liquid consonants /l, m, r/ with compensatory gemination of the liquid consonant: | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt: | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌹#Gothic|*láuna]][[wikt:-𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃#Gothic|lig̃gs]]'' → ''lonling'' → ''lǫlling'' | ||
This did not happen to geminated /n/: | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌹#Gothic|*kunja]][[wikt:-𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃#Gothic|lig̃gs]]'' → ''kunnling'' | |||
There was no compensatory gemination 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-'': | ||