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Winter's law
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Winter's law
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Etymology
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Named after Werner Winter, who postulated it in 1978.
Proper noun
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Winter
's
law
A
sound law
operating on
Balto-Slavic
short vowels, according to which they lengthen before
unaspirated
voiced
stops
, and that
syllable
gains rising, acute accent.