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Re: Grimm's Law

From:Elliott Lash <al260@...>
Date:Saturday, April 13, 2002, 17:42
 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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