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Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination:

Post-Gothic ''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → ~~Niemish~~ /tːs, z, ʃː, ʒ/

Post-Gothic ''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → /tːs, dːz, ʃː, ʒː/ → /tːs, z, ʃː, ʒ/

The prepalatal gemination was a very early sound change, likely taking effect in late Post-Gothic itself. It is also thought that ''dj'' initially became */dz/ before /z/, and ~~that all of these were originally geminated before the~~ voiced sibilants were degeminated, as shown by the fact that ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|daddjan]]'' became ''dazund''; had /z/ arisen in the Post-Gothic period, extended Thurneysen's law would have devoiced the consonant to give ''*dasund''. There are no examples of ''z'' arising from the coronal palatalisation being affected by extended Thurneysen's law.

The prepalatal gemination was a very early sound change, likely taking effect in late Post-Gothic itself.

It is also thought that ''dj'' initially became */dz/ before /z/ and voiced sibilants were degeminated, as shown by the fact that ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|daddjan]]'' became ''dazund''; had /z/ arisen in the Post-Gothic period, extended Thurneysen's law would have devoiced the consonant to give ''*dasund''.

There are no examples of ''z'' arising from the coronal palatalisation being affected by extended Thurneysen's law.

Voiceless plosives also geminated before the liquid consonants ''l'', ''r'':

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 Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination:
-Post-Gothic ''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → Niemish /tːs, z, ʃː, ʒ/
+Post-Gothic ''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → /tːs, dːz, ʃː, ʒː/ → /tːs, z, ʃː, ʒ/
-The prepalatal gemination was a very early sound change, likely taking effect in late Post-Gothic itself. It is also thought that ''dj'' initially became */dz/ before /z/, and that all of these were originally geminated before the voiced sibilants were degeminated, as shown by the fact that ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|daddjan]]'' became ''dazund''; had /z/ arisen in the Post-Gothic period, extended Thurneysen's law would have devoiced the consonant to give ''*dasund''. There are no examples of ''z'' arising from the coronal palatalisation being affected by extended Thurneysen's law.
+The prepalatal gemination was a very early sound change, likely taking effect in late Post-Gothic itself.
+It is also thought that ''dj'' initially became */dz/ before /z/ and voiced sibilants were degeminated, as shown by the fact that ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|daddjan]]'' became ''dazund''; had /z/ arisen in the Post-Gothic period, extended Thurneysen's law would have devoiced the consonant to give ''*dasund''.
+There are no examples of ''z'' arising from the coronal palatalisation being affected by extended Thurneysen's law.
 Voiceless plosives also geminated before the liquid consonants ''l'', ''r'':