Grimm's law in German

Grimm's law in German is Grimmsches Gesetz, erste Lautverschiebung.

Grimm's law in German

Grimmsches Gesetz

proper noun

(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.

erste Lautverschiebung

proper noun

(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.

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