Grassmann's law
E520887
Grassmann's law is a sound change rule in Indo-European linguistics describing how an aspirated consonant loses its aspiration when another aspirated consonant follows later in the same word.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grassmann's law canonical | 2 |
| Grassmann's dissimilation law | 1 |
| Grassmann’s law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5460635 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grassmann's law Context triple: [Indo-European phonology, studies, Grassmann's law]
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A.
Lusser's law
Lusser's law is a reliability engineering principle that states the overall reliability of a system is the product of the reliabilities of its individual components, highlighting how system reliability decreases as more components are added in series.
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B.
Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
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C.
Kluge's law
Kluge's law is a proposed sound law in Proto-Germanic historical linguistics that explains the development of certain geminate consonants from earlier consonant clusters.
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D.
Verner's law
Verner's law is a historical linguistic principle explaining a systematic set of consonant alternations in the Germanic languages that refined and expanded upon Grimm's law.
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E.
Grimm's law
Grimm's law is a fundamental linguistic principle describing the systematic consonant shifts that distinguish the Germanic languages from other Indo-European branches.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grassmann's law Target entity description: Grassmann's law is a sound change rule in Indo-European linguistics describing how an aspirated consonant loses its aspiration when another aspirated consonant follows later in the same word.
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A.
Lusser's law
Lusser's law is a reliability engineering principle that states the overall reliability of a system is the product of the reliabilities of its individual components, highlighting how system reliability decreases as more components are added in series.
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B.
Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
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C.
Kluge's law
Kluge's law is a proposed sound law in Proto-Germanic historical linguistics that explains the development of certain geminate consonants from earlier consonant clusters.
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D.
Verner's law
Verner's law is a historical linguistic principle explaining a systematic set of consonant alternations in the Germanic languages that refined and expanded upon Grimm's law.
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E.
Grimm's law
Grimm's law is a fundamental linguistic principle describing the systematic consonant shifts that distinguish the Germanic languages from other Indo-European branches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic rule
ⓘ
phonological law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Grassmann's dissimilation law
ⓘ
linked to:
Grassmann's law
|
| appliesTo | aspirated consonants ⓘ |
| appliesToFeature | aspiration feature ⓘ |
| appliesToLanguageFamily |
Indo-European languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
|
| appliesToSegmentType | stop consonants ⓘ |
| appliesWithin | same word ⓘ |
| concerns |
consonant clusters
ⓘ
phonological environment ⓘ |
| condition | presence of a second aspirated consonant later in the word ⓘ |
| describes | disaspiration of an aspirated consonant when followed by another aspirated consonant ⓘ |
| domain |
historical linguistics
ⓘ
phonology ⓘ |
| effect | first aspirated consonant becomes unaspirated ⓘ |
| field |
Indo-European linguistics
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European studies
|
| hasExampleLanguage |
Classical Greek
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Greek
Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ |
| influenced | formulation of other phonological dissimilation laws ⓘ |
| involves | loss of aspiration ⓘ |
| mechanism | regressive dissimilation of aspiration ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hermann Grassmann ⓘ |
| relevance |
comparative linguistics
ⓘ
historical phonology ⓘ |
| status | classical sound law in historical linguistics ⓘ |
| typeOf | dissimilation ⓘ |
| usedIn | reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European forms ⓘ |
| wellAttestedIn |
Ancient Greek
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grassmann's law Description of subject: Grassmann's law is a sound change rule in Indo-European linguistics describing how an aspirated consonant loses its aspiration when another aspirated consonant follows later in the same word.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Grassmann's law
linked to: Grassmann's law