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| − | Grimm's Law: postulated by Jakob Grimm (one of the Grimm brothers of fairy-tale fame), describes the regular changes of consonants from the reconstructed language proto-Indo-European (PIE) into proto-Germanic. For example, pre-shift "t" sounds became "th" in Germanic languages (Rus. ''tri'', Sanskrit ''trayas'' correspond to Eng. ''three'' | + | Grimm's Law: postulated by Jakob Grimm (one of the Grimm brothers of fairy-tale fame), describes the regular changes of consonants from the reconstructed language proto-Indo-European (PIE) into proto-Germanic. For example, pre-shift "t" sounds became "th" in Germanic languages (Rus. ''tri'', Sanskrit ''trayas'' correspond to Eng. ''three'') |
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Grimm's Law: postulated by Jakob Grimm (one of the Grimm brothers of fairy-tale fame), describes the regular changes of consonants from the reconstructed language proto-Indo-European (PIE) into proto-Germanic. For example, pre-shift "t" sounds became "th" in Germanic languages (Rus. tri, Sanskrit trayas correspond to Eng. three)
