"Grimm's law" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Named for Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), German author, linguist and folklorist. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Grimm's law
  1. (Indo-European studies) A sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic, causing devoicing or change into a fricative. Tags: Indo-European-studies Categories (topical): Indo-European studies Translations (sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic): eerste Germaanse klankverschuiving [feminine] (Dutch), wet van Grimm [feminine] (Dutch), loi de Grimm [feminine] (French), erste Lautverschiebung [feminine] (German), Grimmsches Gesetz [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-Grimm's_law-en-name-VKCF9ZAM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic': 61 39
  2. (Indo-European studies) The description of this sound change (as originally formulated by Jacob Grimm), which establishes a set of regular correspondences between early Germanic stops and fricatives, and the consonants of Proto-Indo-European and most other Indo-European languages. Tags: Indo-European-studies Categories (topical): Indo-European studies
    Sense id: en-Grimm's_law-en-name-6LBb81dl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Brothers Grimm Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Brothers Grimm: 37 63
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