Re: Grimm's Law

 Christopher B Wright <faceloran@...> writes:

>Okay, Grimm's Law says that these sound changes took place from
>Proto-Germanic to Old High German:
>p_0 > f
>t_0 > d
>k_0 > h
>b_0 > p
>d_0 > t
>g_0 > kh
>
>What distinction besides voice did Grimm have for these consonant pairs?
>That is, how did p_0 differ from b_0?
>
>The all-too-curious
>Chris Wright

Hmm, this doesn't look right.
What I've seen for Grimm's law is:

/p/   > /f/
/t/   > /T/
/k/   > /x/
/b/   > /p/
/d/   > /t/
/g/   > /k/
/b_h/ > /b/
/d_h/ > /d/
/g_h/ > /g/

/b_h/, /d_h/, and /g_h/ are all aspirated. And, /t/ etc are self explanatory.

Elliott Lash

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