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===Expansion of East Germanic Verschärfung===
===Expansion of East Germanic Verschärfung===
====Change of /h(w)/ to /gw/====
There are actually several changes which occurred at different time periods which have been assembled here under the banner of “Verschärfung”. All of these changes deal with the way glide consonants change in intervocalic environments between the Gothic and Old Valthungian Periods.
 
====Change of /h/ to /gw/====
====Change of /hw/ to /gw/====
====Change of /w/ to /wg/====
====Change of /w/ to /wg/====
====Change of /j/ to /gj/====
====Change of /j/ to /gj/====
===Change of Word-Initial /j/ to /g/===
===Change of Word-Initial /j/ to /g/===
===Deletion of Unstressed Word-Final /a/ in Specific Environments===
===Deletion of Unstressed Word-Final /a/ in Specific Environments===
==Phonology of Old Valthungian ca. 950 a.d.==
==Phonology of Old Valthungian ca. 950 a.d.==