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====Prepalatal gemination====

With the exception of ''h'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West and East Germanic]] but much more extensive, as in Italo-Romance. [[w:Sievers's_law|Sievers's law]] was no longer operational at this time, as the change also occurred after long vowels (which were subsequently shortened):

With the exception of ''h'', ''w'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West and East Germanic]] but much more extensive, as in Italo-Romance. [[w:Sievers's_law|Sievers's law]] was no longer operational at this time, as the change also occurred after long vowels (which were subsequently shortened):

Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination, and the voiced affricate /dz/ converted to a geminate /z/. It is thought that voiced sibilants degeminated before compensatory lengthening occurred, but it is also possible that as with ''h'', ''w''~~, ''j''~~ geminated voiced fricatives were simply disallowed at all stages (this also accounts for why ''b'', ''d'', ''g'' ceased to be fricatives with gemination).

Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination, and the voiced affricate /dz/ converted to a geminate /z/. It is thought that voiced sibilants degeminated before compensatory lengthening occurred, but it is also possible that - as with ''h'', ''w'' - geminated voiced fricatives were simply disallowed at all stages (this also accounts for why ''b'', ''d'', ''g'' ceased to be fricatives with gemination).

''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → /tts, ddz, ʃʃ, ʒʒ/ → /tts, z, ʃʃ, ʒ/

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 ====Prepalatal gemination====
-With the exception of ''h'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West and East Germanic]] but much more extensive, as in Italo-Romance. [[w:Sievers's_law|Sievers's law]] was no longer operational at this time, as the change also occurred after long vowels (which were subsequently shortened):
+With the exception of ''h'', ''w'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West and East Germanic]] but much more extensive, as in Italo-Romance. [[w:Sievers's_law|Sievers's law]] was no longer operational at this time, as the change also occurred after long vowels (which were subsequently shortened):
-Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination, and the voiced affricate /dz/ converted to a geminate /z/. It is thought that voiced sibilants degeminated before compensatory lengthening occurred, but it is also possible that as with ''h'', ''w'', ''j'' geminated voiced fricatives were simply disallowed at all stages (this also accounts for why ''b'', ''d'', ''g'' ceased to be fricatives with gemination).
+Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination, and the voiced affricate /dz/ converted to a geminate /z/. It is thought that voiced sibilants degeminated before compensatory lengthening occurred, but it is also possible that - as with ''h'', ''w'' - geminated voiced fricatives were simply disallowed at all stages (this also accounts for why ''b'', ''d'', ''g'' ceased to be fricatives with gemination).
 ''tj, dj, sj, zj'' → /tts, ddz, ʃʃ, ʒʒ/ → /tts, z, ʃʃ, ʒ/