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The most important sound change with respect to short vowels was loss of syllable-final ''h'' /h/ with compensatory lengthening: | The most important sound change with respect to short vowels was loss of syllable-final ''h'' /h/ with compensatory lengthening: | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|mahts]]'' /mahts/ → Post-Got. ''māts'' /maːts/ | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|mahts]]'' /mahts/ → Post-Got. ''māts'' /maːts/ | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic| | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|raíhts]]'' /rɛhts/ → Post-Got. ''ráits'' /rɛːts/ | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic| | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|slaúhts]]'' /slɔhts/ → Post-Got. ''sláuts'' /slɔːts/ | ||
This promoted ''ā'' /aː/ from a marginal phoneme to a common one. | This promoted ''ā'' /aː/ from a marginal phoneme to a common one. | ||
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#Spirants gained or lost voice in dissimilation with the consonant beginning the previous syllable. This occurred in ''all'' syllables, not only unstressed ones. | #Spirants gained or lost voice in dissimilation with the consonant beginning the previous syllable. This occurred in ''all'' syllables, not only unstressed ones. | ||
#The condition for the law depended only on the voicing of the consonant beginning the previous syllable, and the effect of consonant clusters beginning that previous syllable did not differ from simple consonants. | #The condition for the law depended only on the voicing of the consonant beginning the previous syllable, and the effect of consonant clusters beginning that previous syllable did not differ from simple consonants. | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽#Gothic|lifnan]]'' → Post-Got. ''libnan'' | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃#Gothic|qiþus]]'' → Post-Got. ''qidus'' | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉#Gothic|áikklēsjō]]'' → Post-Got. ''áikkleizjū'' | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰#Gothic|giba]]'' → Post-Got. ''gifa'' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰#Gothic|giba]]'' → Post-Got. ''gifa'' | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰#Gothic|bida]]'' → Post-Got. ''biþa'' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰#Gothic|bida]]'' → Post-Got. ''biþa'' | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼#Gothic|dagam]]'' → Post-Got. ''daχam'' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼#Gothic|dagam]]'' → Post-Got. ''daχam'' | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰#Gothic|máiza]]'' → Post-Got. ''máisa'' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰#Gothic|máiza]]'' → Post-Got. ''máisa'' | ||
Not that medial ''b, d, g,'' /b, d, g/ had the allophonic values [β, ɣ, ð] between vowels. | Not that medial ''b, d, g,'' /b, d, g/ had the allophonic values [β, ɣ, ð] between vowels. | ||