First formulated in 1822, it grew from the seminal early work of Rasmus Rask, and was later modified by Karl Werner in Werner's Law.
First formulated in 1822, it grew from the seminal early work of Rasmus Rask, and was later modified by Karl Werner in Werner's Law. It holds in part that classical unaspirated voiced stops became voiceless stops in some languages and voiceless aspirates in others, while classical voiceless stops became voiceless aspirates, with some languages experiencing a second shift to mediae. FTP, name this law of linguistics that explains the differences in Low and High German, first developed by a collector of fairy tales.
First formulated in 1822, it grew from the seminal early work of Rasmus Rask, and was later modified by Karl Werner in Werner's Law.
Grimm's Law (prompt on German consonant shift)