Grimm's law en · PROPN
Etymology
Named for Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), German author, linguist and folklorist.
Meanings
- (Indo-European-studies) A sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic, causing devoicing or change into a fricative.
- (Indo-European-studies) The description of this sound change (as originally formulated by Jacob Grimm), which establishes a set of regular correspondences between early Germanic stops and fricatives, and the consonants of Proto-Indo-European and most other Indo-European languages.
Translations (8)
de erste Lautverschiebung (sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic) · fr loi de Grimm (sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic) · nl eerste Germaanse klankverschuiving (sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic) · pl prawo Grimma (sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic) · cmn 格林定律 (sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic) · pt lei de Grimm (sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic) · nl wet van Grimm (sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic) · de Grimmsches Gesetz (sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic)