Verner's law
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Danish linguist Karl Verner (1846–1896).
Proper noun
edit- (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.
Translations
editsound law describing the voicing of voiceless fricatives in early Proto-Germanic
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