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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grassmann’s law | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic rule
ⓘ
phonological law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Grassmann's dissimilation law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | aspirated consonants ⓘ |
| appliesToFeature | aspiration feature ⓘ |
| appliesToLanguageFamily | Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExampleLanguage |
Classical Greek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | formulation of other phonological dissimilation laws ⓘ |
| involves | loss of aspiration ⓘ |
| mechanism | regressive dissimilation of aspiration ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hermann Grassmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Grassmann’s law