Re: Grimm's Law

Is there available a book or online repository with all the sound-changes
(relevant, interesting or just plain ordinary) laid out for the student
(professional or otherwise) of language?

Wesley Parish

On Sunday 14 April 2002 05:40, you wrote:
>  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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