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Nasals that formed the end of a root, as in ''[[wikt:𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃#Gothic|háims]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|aljan]]'' were either not lost or more likely restored by analogy with forms with inflectional endings; the Niemish descendants of these words are ''[[Contionary:ham|ham]]'' and ''[[Contionary:ällin|ällin]]''. | Nasals that formed the end of a root, as in ''[[wikt:𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃#Gothic|háims]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|aljan]]'' were either not lost or more likely restored by analogy with forms with inflectional endings; the Niemish descendants of these words are ''[[Contionary:ham|ham]]'' and ''[[Contionary:ällin|ällin]]''. | ||
====Loss of non-initial /f/==== | |||
When it occurred after a vowel, /f/ became /x/: | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃#Gothic|luftus]]'' → ''{{term|lucht#Niemish|lùcht}}'' ("air, atmosphere") | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰#Gothic|giba]]'' → Post-Got. ''gifa'' → ''{{term|gech#Niemish|géch}}'' ("gift") | |||
Elison of initial vowels sometimes gave rise to initial /x/: | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂#Gothic|ufar]]'' → Middle Niemish ''ochor'' → ''{{term|chor#Niemish|chór}}'' ("over") | |||
Initial and geminated /f/ were unaffected: | |||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃#Gothic|fisks]]'' → ''{{term|fisk#Niemish|fìsk}}'' ("fish") | |||
*P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ribją#Proto-Germanic|ribją]]'' → Post-Got. ''rifi'' → ''{{term|riff#Niemish|rìff}}'' ("rib, spoke") | |||
====Reduction of /rn/ to /r/==== | ====Reduction of /rn/ to /r/==== | ||
Niemish reduced /rn/ to /r/: | Niemish reduced /rn/ to /r/: | ||