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Grimms law

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Grimm's law principle of relationships in Indo-European languages, first formulated by Jakob Grimm in 1822 and a continuing subject of interest and investigation to 20th-century linguists. It shows that a process—the regular shifting of consonants in groups—took place once in the development of English and the other Low German languages and twice in German and the other High German languages. The first sound shift, affecting both English and German, was from the early phonetic positions documented in the ancient, or classical, Indo-European languages (Sanskrit, Greek, Latin) to those... Read more
Jakob and Wilhelm Karl Grimm
...comparative linguistics, which included the formulation of "Grimm's law." The romantic movement in Germany awakened the Germans' interest...footnotes on the tales' sources and analogs. In addition, the Grimms worked on editing remnants of other folklore and primitive literature...of the rules for such ... Read more
Grimm Brothers
...different languages, which included the creation of "Grimm's law." Together from the beginning Jakob Karl Grimm was born on January...the tales' sources and different versions. In addition, the Grimms worked on editing existing pieces of other folklore and early...of the rules for such relationships became ... Read more

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