Grimm's law
sound shift in the Germanic languages in which PIE voiceless stops become fricatives, PIE voiced stops become voiceless and PIE voiced aspirated stops become voiced stops or fricatives
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Grimm's law
Summary
Grimm's law is a phonetic rule[1]. It draws 447 Wikipedia views per month (phonetic_rule category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]
Key Facts
- Grimm's law's instance of is recorded as phonetic rule[3].
- Jacob Grimm is named after Grimm's law[4].
- Grimm's law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d2fg[5].
- Grimm's law's facet of is recorded as first Germanic consonant shift[6].
- Grimm's law's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7].
- Grimm's law's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[8].
- Grimm's law's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Grimms-law[9].
- Grimm's law's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/grimms-law[10].
- Grimm's law's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2712181[11].
- Grimm's law's Quora topic ID is recorded as Grimms-Law[12].
- Grimm's law's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780284638[13].
- Grimm's law's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 그림의 법칙[14].
- Grimm's law's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 397418[15].
Why It Matters
Grimm's law draws 447 Wikipedia views per month (phonetic_rule category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]