Kluge's law

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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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Bartholomae's law 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf hypothesis in historical linguistics
proposed linguistic law
sound law
aimsToExplain origin of certain Proto-Germanic geminates
appliesTo Proto-Germanic
centuryProposed 19th century
concerns consonant clusters
development of geminate consonants
describes change from consonant clusters to geminate consonants
discipline comparative linguistics
historical phonology
phonology
field Proto-Germanic historical linguistics
hasAlternativeAnalyses other explanations for Proto-Germanic geminates
hasInterpretation cluster simplification to geminate
influencedDebateOn reconstruction of Proto-Germanic consonant system
languageFamily Germanic languages
mentionedIn studies of Proto-Germanic phonology
works on Germanic historical grammar
namedAfter Friedrich Kluge
operatesOn consonant clusters in Proto-Germanic
proposedBy Friedrich Kluge
relatesTo Grimm's law
surface form: Germanic consonant shifts

sound change
status controversial
disputed
timeDepth Proto-Germanic period
typeOfChange assimilatory sound change

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Verner's law relatedTo Kluge's law
Indo-European phonology studies Kluge's law
this entity surface form: Bartholomae's law