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Verner's law en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after Danish linguist Karl Verner (1846–1896).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Indo-european studies) A sound law describing the voicing of voiceless fricatives in early Proto-Germanic, due to placement of the accent on a word.
    • The discovery of Verner's law provided an explanation for the medial voiced plosive in Old English fæder "father".

Translations (2)

pl prawo Vernera (sound law describing the voicing of voiceless fricatives in early Proto-Germanic) · nl wet van Verner (sound law describing the voicing of voiceless fricatives in early Proto-Germanic)