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laryngealism

laryngealism noun: the widely accepted theory that the Proto-Indo-European language included a series of consonants that left no direct consonantal descendants in languages outside of the Anatolian branch.

Noun

laryngealism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The widely accepted theory that the Proto-Indo-European language included a series of consonants that left no direct consonantal descendants in languages outside of the Anatolian branch.

Origin of laryngealism

From laryngeal + -ism.

Questions about laryngealism

What does laryngealism mean?
Laryngealism means the widely accepted theory that the Proto-Indo-European language included a series of consonants that left no direct consonantal descendants in languages outside of the Anatolian branch.
What part of speech is laryngealism?
Laryngealism is a noun.

Words near laryngealism in the dictionary

  1. laryngeal prominences
  2. laryngeal sac
  3. laryngeal saccule
  4. laryngeal saccules
  5. laryngeal sacs
  6. laryngealism
  7. laryngealist
  8. laryngealists
  9. laryngeality
  10. laryngealization
  11. laryngealizations

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