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===Spirantization of | ===Spirantization of Voiced Stops=== | ||
This is a change that had likely already started long before the division between Gothic and Griutungi, and probably happened similarly in Gothic as well. In the Griutungi lineage, it occurred in three distinct stages: | This is a change that had likely already started long before the division between Gothic and Griutungi, and probably happened similarly in Gothic as well. In the Griutungi lineage, it occurred in three distinct stages: | ||
====Stage I ( < 400 a.d.)==== | ====Stage I ( < 400 a.d.)==== | ||
Intervocalic voiced | Intervocalic voiced stops (i.e. /b/, /d/, and /g/) became spirantized: /β/, /ð/, and /ɣ/. This likely happened quite early, perhaps already by Proto-Germanic times, and was clearly in operation in Gothic as well. | ||
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!width="75"| Valth. | !width="75"| Valth. | ||
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|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''*hlaibai''''' <br />/xlɛːβɑi̯/ | |style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''*hlaibai''''' <br />/xlɛːβɑi̯/ | ||