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Weise's law

Weise's law proper noun: a sound law describing the loss of palatal quality that some consonants undergo in specific contexts in the Proto-Indo-European language.

Proper noun

Weise's law

  1. (Indo-European-studies, historical) A sound law describing the loss of palatal quality that some consonants undergo in specific contexts in the Proto-Indo-European language.

Origin of Weise's law

Named after the German linguist Oskar Weise, who postulated the law in 1881.

Questions about Weise's law

What does Weise's law mean?
Weise's law means a sound law describing the loss of palatal quality that some consonants undergo in specific contexts in the Proto-Indo-European language.
What part of speech is Weise's law?
Weise's law is a proper noun.

Words near Weise's law in the dictionary

  1. Weisberg
  2. Weisbergs
  3. Weisbrod
  4. Weisbrods
  5. Weise
  6. Weise's law
  7. Weiseger
  8. weiselbergite
  9. weiselbergites
  10. Weisenberger
  11. Weisenbergers

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