| 单词 | grimm's law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGrimm's law Grimm's law n. the rule formulated by Jacob Grimm (in the 2nd ed. of his Deutsche Grammatik, 1822) with regard to the representation in the Germanic languages of certain consonants of the primitive Aryan language. Grimm's statement was that original aspirates became mediæ in Gothic, Low German, English, Old Norse, etc. and tenues in High German; original mediæ became tenues in Gothic, etc., and ‘aspirates’ (supposed to be represented by spirants and affricates) in High German; and original tenues became ‘aspirates’ in Gothic, etc. and mediæ in High German. The formula is no longer accepted as correct, but the name of ‘Grimm's law’ is still applied to its rectified form, which is too complicated to be stated here. extracted from lawn.1< as lemmas |
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