CONSONANT SHIFT


Meaning of CONSONANT SHIFT in English

[consonant shift] n (1888): a set of regular changes in consonant articulation in the history of a language or dialect: a: such a set affecting the Indo-European stops and distinguishing the Germanic languages from the other Indo-European languages--compare grimm's law b: such a set affecting the Germanic stops and distinguishing High German from the other Germanic languages

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