noun Date: 1888 a set of regular changes in consonant articulation in the history of a language or dialect:, such a set affecting the Indo-European stops and distinguishing the Germanic languages from the other Indo-European languages, such a set affecting the Germanic stops and distinguishing High German from the other Germanic languages
CONSONANT SHIFT
Meaning of CONSONANT SHIFT in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012