Second Germanic Sound Shift

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf phonological change
historical linguistics event
gptkbp:affectedLanguage gptkb:High_German
gptkb:Middle_High_German
gptkb:Old_High_German
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs High German consonant shift
gptkbp:didNotAffectLanguage gptkb:Low_German
gptkb:Frisian
Dutch
English
gptkbp:example English 'apple' vs. German 'Apfel'
English 'make' vs. German 'machen'
Proto-Germanic *k > High German kx or x
Proto-Germanic *p > High German pf or f
Proto-Germanic *t > High German ts or s
gptkbp:feature shift of voiceless stops to affricates or fricatives
gptkbp:field historical linguistics
Germanic philology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second Germanic Sound Shift
gptkbp:influenced development of Standard German
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Jakob_Grimm
gptkbp:period 3rd to 9th centuries AD
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:First_Germanic_Sound_Shift
gptkbp:region gptkb:Austria
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:southern_Germany
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Germanic_Sound_Shift
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7