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*P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unrehtaz#Proto-Germanic|*unrehtaz]]'' → ''unrat'' → ''ųrat'' | *P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unrehtaz#Proto-Germanic|*unrehtaz]]'' → ''unrat'' → ''ųrat'' | ||
/m/ was not lost, but experienced stop insertion much as in Post-Gothic: | /m/ was not lost (except in Westlandic), but experienced stop insertion much as in Post-Gothic: | ||
*P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sumaraz#Proto-Germanic|*sumaraz]]'' → ''somar'' → ''{{term|sumbur#Niemish|súmbur}}'' | *P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sumaraz#Proto-Germanic|*sumaraz]]'' → ''somar'' → ''{{term|sumbur#Niemish|súmbur}}'' | ||
Early medieval Niemish had forms such as ''somar'' and ''somor'', which developed into ''sǫwr'' in the Westlandic dialect. Presumably the /b/ was inserted into the definite form ''somran'', the /o/ lowered by the /mb/ to give ''sumbran'', and the /b/ later spread to all forms of the word by analogy. Likewise, the Westlandic form developed from ''somran'' → ''sǫwran'' in a sound change more akin to that described above for /n/ with similar analogical spreading. | Early medieval Niemish had forms such as ''somar'' and ''somor'', which developed into ''sǫwr'' in the Westlandic dialect. Presumably the /b/ was inserted into the definite form ''somran'', the /o/ lowered by the /mb/ to give ''sumbran'', and the /b/ later spread to all forms of the word by analogy. Likewise, the Westlandic form developed from ''somran'' → ''sǫwran'' in a sound change more akin to that described above for /n/ with similar analogical spreading. | ||