In Old Norse, nonsyllabic "-j-" is preserved word-medially, but syllabic "-ij-" is lost like all other medial-syllable vowels. This is seen in class 1 weak verbs, which end in "-ja" (from Germanic *"-janą") following a short stem, but in "-a" (from Germanic *"-ijaną") following a long stem. Word-finally, the distribution is reversed. For example, following the loss of final -ą, this left neuter ja-stem nouns with syllabic "-i" (from *"-iją") after long stems but no ending (from *"-ją") after short stems.