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Sound Changes from PIE to Common Germanic

These may not be 100% accurate.

The 4 stages of the shift could be defined as follows:

Non-geminated voicless stops became fricatives,
Geminated, nasal-adjacent and liquid-adjacent voiceless stops became affricates,
Voiced stops became voiceless stops, and finally
All interdental fricatives (/ð/ and /θ/) became the dental stop and/or Alveolar stop /d̻/ and /d/.

The last stage was shared by Low German and Dutch.

The shift occured in the period before Old High German existed, and in fact was the marker of Old High German.

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+The 4 stages of the shift could be defined as follows:
+# Non-geminated voicless [[Stop|stops]] became [[Fricative|fricatives]],
+# Geminated, [[Nasal|nasal]]-adjacent and [[Liquid|liquid]]-adjacent voiceless [[Stop|stops]] became [[Affricate|affricates]],
+# Voiced stops became voiceless stops, and finally
+# All interdental fricatives (/[[Voiced dental fricative|ð]]/ and /[[Voiceless dental fricative|θ]]/) became the dental stop and/or Alveolar stop /[[Voiced dental stop|d̻]]/ and /[[Voiced alveolar stop|d]]/. <br>
+The last stage was shared by [[Low German]] and [[Dutch]].
+The shift occured in the period before [[Old High German]] existed, and in fact was the marker of Old High German.
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