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Wulfilan Gothic already showed signs of merging ''ē'' with ''ei'' attested in variant spellings such as ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄#Gothic|akeit]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄#Gothic|akēt]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|leikeis]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|lēkeis]]''. In Post-Gothic this merger was complete. | Wulfilan Gothic already showed signs of merging ''ē'' with ''ei'' attested in variant spellings such as ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄#Gothic|akeit]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄#Gothic|akēt]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|leikeis]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|lēkeis]]''. In Post-Gothic this merger was complete. | ||
Syllable-final ''h'' /h/ with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel: | Syllable-final ''h'' /h/ was lost with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel: | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|mahts]]'' /mahts/ → Post-Got. ''māts'' /maːts/ | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|mahts]]'' /mahts/ → Post-Got. ''māts'' /maːts/ | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|raíhts]]'' /rɛhts/ → Post-Got. ''ráits'' /rɛːts/ | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|raíhts]]'' /rɛhts/ → Post-Got. ''ráits'' /rɛːts/ | ||