Sieversn.

Brit.

/ˈsiːvəz/, U.S.

/ˈsivəz/

Etymology: < the name of Eduard Sievers (1850–1932), German philologist.

Used attributively of the rule formulated by Sievers ( Beitr. z. Gesch. d. deutschen Sprache u. Lit. (1878) 5 129) that in Indo-European, (post-consonantal), unaccented i and u before a vowel were consonantal after a short syllable and vocalic after a long syllable; (also) this rule as modified by later scholars, or as applied by them to particular early Indo-European languages. F. Edgerton ( Language X (1934) 235 f. and elsewhere) played an important part in developing and modifying the rule, which is now sometimes called ‘Sievers-Edgerton's Law’.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [noun] > rule or law > specific

Grimm's law1838

Verner's law1878

Grassmann's Law1886

Lachmann's law1889

the law of Hobson-Jobson1898

Sievers1934

1934 Language 10 235 (title) Sievers's law and IE. weak-grade vocalism.

1939 E. Prokosch Compar. Germanic Gram. 92 The difference in treatment according to the character of the preceding syllable..may have been Indo-European; this view was first expressed by Sievers... It is frequently referred to as ‘Sievers' Law’.

1953 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 52 149 The essential characteristic of the P[roto-]I[ndo-]E[uropean] resonants was their three~fold function as vowel, e.g. [i], consonant, [y], or vowel plus consonant [iy], as conditioned by the preceding phonemes; the description of this variation is generally known as Sievers' Law. It is most clearly apparent in our Vedic Sanskrit documents.

1959 A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. 164 This interchange of i̯ and ii̯ is called Sievers' law.

1966 M. B. Emeneau in H. Birnbaum & J. Puhvel Anc. Indo-European Dial. 126 While Sievers-Edgerton's law was in full working order, something other than pūrva- must have been the phonemic form.

1975 Lass & Anderson Old Eng. Phonol. 273 The earliest instance in Germanic..of an important role being played by the long/short syllable dichotomy, is the set of phenomena associated with the vokalischen Auslautsgesetz (‘law of vocalic finals’), now usually called ‘Sievers's Law’, or the ‘Sievers-Edgerton Law’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sievers
释义	Sieversn. Brit. /ˈsiːvəz/, U.S. /ˈsivəz/ Etymology: < the name of Eduard Sievers (1850–1932), German philologist. Used attributively of the rule formulated by Sievers ( Beitr. z. Gesch. d. deutschen Sprache u. Lit. (1878) 5 129) that in Indo-European, (post-consonantal), unaccented i and u before a vowel were consonantal after a short syllable and vocalic after a long syllable; (also) this rule as modified by later scholars, or as applied by them to particular early Indo-European languages. F. Edgerton ( Language X (1934) 235 f. and elsewhere) played an important part in developing and modifying the rule, which is now sometimes called ‘Sievers-Edgerton's Law’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [noun] > rule or law > specific Grimm's law1838 Verner's law1878 Grassmann's Law1886 Lachmann's law1889 the law of Hobson-Jobson1898 Sievers1934 1934 Language 10 235 (title) Sievers's law and IE. weak-grade vocalism. 1939 E. Prokosch Compar. Germanic Gram. 92 The difference in treatment according to the character of the preceding syllable..may have been Indo-European; this view was first expressed by Sievers... It is frequently referred to as ‘Sievers' Law’. 1953 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 52 149 The essential characteristic of the P[roto-]I[ndo-]E[uropean] resonants was their three~fold function as vowel, e.g. [i], consonant, [y], or vowel plus consonant [iy], as conditioned by the preceding phonemes; the description of this variation is generally known as Sievers' Law. It is most clearly apparent in our Vedic Sanskrit documents. 1959 A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. 164 This interchange of i̯ and ii̯ is called Sievers' law. 1966 M. B. Emeneau in H. Birnbaum & J. Puhvel Anc. Indo-European Dial. 126 While Sievers-Edgerton's law was in full working order, something other than pūrva- must have been the phonemic form. 1975 Lass & Anderson Old Eng. Phonol. 273 The earliest instance in Germanic..of an important role being played by the long/short syllable dichotomy, is the set of phenomena associated with the vokalischen Auslautsgesetz (‘law of vocalic finals’), now usually called ‘Sievers's Law’, or the ‘Sievers-Edgerton Law’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1934
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