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*PGmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kraitaz#Proto-Germanic|*kraitaz]]'' → ''{{term|kriat#Niemish|kriát}}'' ("circle, region, borough")

The fact that /r/ was also depalatalised at the beginnings and ends of words suggests that Medieval Niemish had a distinction between /r, rʲ/ and /ɾ, ɾʲ/ similar to Spanish and Old Irish, although such a distinction was not observed in writing. /r, rʲ/ would have occured at the beginnings and ends of words, while /ɾ, ɾʲ/ only occurred word-medially (unlike in Spanish where both can occur medially, and Old Irish where both can occur medially and finally). Like in Irish, /rʲ/ merged with /r/:

The fact that /r/ was also depalatalised at the beginnings and ends of words suggests that Medieval Niemish had a distinction between /r, rʲ/ and /ɾ, ɾʲ/ similar to Spanish and Old Irish, although such a distinction was not observed in writing. /r, rʲ/ would have occured at the beginnings and ends of words, while /ɾ, ɾʲ/ only occurred word-medially (unlike in Spanish where both can occur medially, and Old Irish where both can occur medially and finally). Like in Irish, /rʲ/ merged with /r/ and ultimately /r/ and /ɾ/ merged (as /ɾ/ in Irish, as /r/ in Niemish):

*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|raíhts]]'' → Medieval Niemish ''riat'' → ''{{term|rat#Niemish|rát}}'' ("straight, correct")

*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|sōkāreis]]'' → Medieval Niemish ''sukarj'' → ''{{term|sukar#Niemish|súkar}}'' ("seeker")

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 *PGmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kraitaz#Proto-Germanic|*kraitaz]]'' → ''{{term|kriat#Niemish|kriát}}'' ("circle, region, borough")
-The fact that /r/ was also depalatalised at the beginnings and ends of words suggests that Medieval Niemish had a distinction between /r, rʲ/ and /ɾ, ɾʲ/ similar to Spanish and Old Irish, although such a distinction was not observed in writing. /r, rʲ/ would have occured at the beginnings and ends of words, while /ɾ, ɾʲ/ only occurred word-medially (unlike in Spanish where both can occur medially, and Old Irish where both can occur medially and finally). Like in Irish, /rʲ/ merged with /r/:
+The fact that /r/ was also depalatalised at the beginnings and ends of words suggests that Medieval Niemish had a distinction between /r, rʲ/ and /ɾ, ɾʲ/ similar to Spanish and Old Irish, although such a distinction was not observed in writing. /r, rʲ/ would have occured at the beginnings and ends of words, while /ɾ, ɾʲ/ only occurred word-medially (unlike in Spanish where both can occur medially, and Old Irish where both can occur medially and finally). Like in Irish, /rʲ/ merged with /r/ and ultimately /r/ and /ɾ/ merged (as /ɾ/ in Irish, as /r/ in Niemish):
 *Got. ''[[wikt:𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|raíhts]]'' → Medieval Niemish ''riat'' → ''{{term|rat#Niemish|rát}}'' ("straight, correct")
 *Got. ''[[wikt:𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|sōkāreis]]'' → Medieval Niemish ''sukarj'' → ''{{term|sukar#Niemish|súkar}}'' ("seeker")