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Meaning of Grimm's law | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. 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
  2. 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.
    Indo-European-studies

Equivalents

Deutsch erste Lautverschiebung Grimmsches Gesetz
Français loi de Grimm
Nederlands eerste Germaanse klankverschuiving wet van Grimm
Polski prawo Grimma
Português lei de Grimm

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Grimme Grimmer Grimmest Grimmett Grimmian Grimmie

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