Pronunciation: ' grimz-
Function: noun
Etymology: Jacob Grimm
Date: 1838
: a statement in historical linguistics: Proto-Indo-European voiceless stops became Proto-Germanic voiceless fricatives (as in Greek pyr, treis, kardia compared with English fire, three, heart ), Proto-Indo-European voiced stops became Proto-Germanic voiceless stops (as in Latin duo, genus compared with English two, kin ), and Proto-Indo-European voiced aspirated stops became Proto-Germanic voiced fricatives (as in Sanskrit n ā bhi, madhya “ mid ” compared with English navel, Old Norse mithr “ mid ” )