Grimm's Law

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic law
gptkbp:affects consonants
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:First_Germanic_Sound_Shift
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Proto-Germanic
gptkb:Proto-Indo-European
gptkbp:describes systematic sound change
gptkbp:explains correspondence between Germanic and other Indo-European languages
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Jacob_Grimm
19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Grimm's Law
gptkbp:influencedBy comparative linguistics
gptkbp:involves voiceless stops
voiced aspirated stops
voiced stops
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Germanic
gptkb:Indo-European
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Verner's_Law
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Deutsche_Grammatik
gptkbp:result voiced aspirated stops become voiced stops
voiced stops become voiceless stops
voiceless stops become voiceless fricatives
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wilhelm_Grimm
gptkb:The_Brothers_Grimm
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5