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====Consonants====
====Consonants====
The proposed [[w:Thurneysen's law|Thurneysen's law]] became fully operational in Post-Gothic, although it was modified:
The proposed [[w:Thurneysen's law|Thurneysen's law]] became fully operational in Post-Gothic, although it was modified:
#Spirants gained or lost voice in dissimilation with the previous consonant 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 whether the previous consonant was voiced, and consonant clusters in the previous syllable did not affect it
#The condition for the law depended only on the voicing of the consonant beginning the previous syllable, and consonant clusters beginning that previous syllable did not affect it.




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*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍃#Gothic|swarts]]'' > ''szwart''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍃#Gothic|swarts]]'' > ''szwart''
*P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mūs|*mūs]]'' > ''musz''
*P-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mūs|*mūs]]'' > ''musz''
*P-W-Gmc. ''[[wikt:kirsijā#Proto-West_Germanic|*kirsijā]]'' > ''*kaírsja'' > ''kersz''
*P-W-Gmc. ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-West-Germanic/kirsijā#Proto-West_Germanic|*kirsijā]]'' > ''*kaírsjū'' > ''kersza''
This sound change took place before the backing of /iː/ to /ɨː/, as indicated by the fact that ''mēs'' became ''mysz''
This sound change took place before the backing of /iː/ to /ɨː/, as indicated by the fact that ''mēs'' became ''mysz''


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*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌴𐍃#Gothic|mēs]]'' > ''meis'' > ''mysz''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌴𐍃#Gothic|mēs]]'' > ''meis'' > ''mysz''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽#Gothic|wein]]'' > ''wyn''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽#Gothic|wein]]'' > ''wyn''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃#Gothic|qēns]]'' > ''qeinō''<sup>1</sup> > ''qyna'' > ''kyna''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃#Gothic|qēns]]'' > ''qeinū''<sup>1</sup> > ''qyna'' > ''kyna''




#At some point ''[[wikt:𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃#Gothic|qēns]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉#Gothic|qinō]]'' merged into one word.
#At some point ''[[wikt:𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃#Gothic|qēns]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉#Gothic|qinō]]'' merged into one word.