Dan. [j] was lost after initial velars; [{kkʰgŋ}j-] > [{kkʰgŋ}ø-]

Dan. [j] was lost after initial velars; [{kkʰgŋ}j-] > [{kkʰgŋ}ø-]
Initial palatalized dentals became simple velars in Danian, as they did in Noldorin (PE19/18).

Phonetic Rule Elements

[kj-] > [k-] ✧ PE19/18 (kj- > c-); PE19/18 (kj- > c-)
[kʰj-] > [kʰ-]
[xj-] > [x-]
[gj-] > [g-] ✧ PE19/18 (gj- > g-); PE19/18 (gj- > g-)
[ŋj-] > [ŋ-]
[ŋgj-] > [ŋg-]
[skj-] > [sk-] ✧ PE19/20 (skj- > sk-); PE19/20 (skj- > sk-)

Phonetic Rule Examples

kʰj- > kʰ- kʰj- > kʰ- ᴹ✶khj- > Dan. h- ✧ PE19/18
kʰj- > kʰ- kʰj- > kʰ- ᴹ✶khj- > ED. h- ✧ PE19/18
ŋgj- > ŋg- ŋgj- > ŋg- ᴹ✶ŋgj- > Dan. g ✧ PE19/20
ŋgj- > ŋg- ŋgj- > ŋg- ᴹ✶ŋgj- > ED. g ✧ PE19/20
ŋj- > ŋ- ŋj- > ŋ- ᴹ✶ŋj- > Dan. g- ✧ PE19/19
ŋj- > ŋ- ŋj- > ŋ- ᴹ✶ŋj- > ED. g- ✧ PE19/19