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Winter's law

Winter's law proper noun: a sound law operating on Balto-Slavic short vowels, according to which they lengthen before unaspirated voiced stops, and that syllable gains rising, acute accent.

Proper noun

Winter's law

  1. (Indo-European-studies) A sound law operating on Balto-Slavic short vowels, according to which they lengthen before unaspirated voiced stops, and that syllable gains rising, acute accent.

Origin of Winter's law

Named after Werner Winter, who postulated it in 1978.

Questions about Winter's law

What does Winter's law mean?
Winter's law means a sound law operating on Balto-Slavic short vowels, according to which they lengthen before unaspirated voiced stops, and that syllable gains rising, acute accent.
What part of speech is Winter's law?
Winter's law is a proper noun.

Words near Winter's law in the dictionary

  1. winter worm
  2. winter worms
  3. winter wren
  4. winter wrens
  5. Winter's bark
  6. Winter's law
  7. winter-bound
  8. winter-dress
  9. winter-feed
  10. winter-hained
  11. winter-hardy

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