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  1. Proto Germanic

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    | $\text{Type VII (diphthongal)}$ | $aiu$ | $ai$ | $*u$ |
    Crucially, the vowels in Proto-Germanic often displayed a characteristic viscosity, particularly in closed syllables, causing them to prematurely adopt the acoustic properties of the following phoneme. This is thought to be the precursor to the later phenomenon of Vowel Breaking observed in some West Germanic dialects [4].
    Consonant Shifts and Aspiration