单词 | Verner's Law |
释义 | Verner's Law/ˈvɛːnəz / /ˈvəːnəz/noun Linguistics The observation that voiceless fricatives in Germanic predicted by Grimm’s Law became voiced if the preceding syllable in the corresponding Indo-European word was unstressed.Verner published his results in 1875, and the patterns he described came to be known as Verner's Law....
OriginLate 19th century: named after Karl A. Verner (1846–96), Danish philologist. |
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