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trilaryngealism

trilaryngealism noun: a school of thought that argues that that the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European requires three laryngeal consonants, usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩, and ⟨h₃⟩.

Noun

trilaryngealism

  1. (Indo-European linguistics) A school of thought that argues that that the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European requires three laryngeal consonants, usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩, and ⟨h₃⟩.

Origin of trilaryngealism

From tri- + laryngeal + -ism.

Questions about trilaryngealism

What does trilaryngealism mean?
Trilaryngealism means a school of thought that argues that that the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European requires three laryngeal consonants, usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩, and ⟨h₃⟩.
What part of speech is trilaryngealism?
Trilaryngealism is a noun.

Words near trilaryngealism in the dictionary

  1. trilamellar
  2. trilamellate
  3. trilamellated
  4. trilaminar
  5. trilaminate
  6. trilaryngealism
  7. trilateral
  8. trilateralism
  9. trilaterality
  10. trilateralization
  11. trilateralize

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