NW vs. E Gmc

[Marc Pierce]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Sean Crist wrote:

> I'd like to bring up a few points which were discussed in connection with
> the distinction between NW and E Germanic:

> 2. Marc Pierce mentioned gemination before *j.  Actually, this is a
> strictly WGmc innovation, and thus isn't evidence one way or the other for
> the grouping of the three Gmc branches.

Not quite.  Gemination before *j is also found in North Germanic, but it's
limited to the velars, which I should have mentioned in my original post.

Marc Pierce