Brugmann's law
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Brugmann's law is a sound law in Indo-European linguistics that explains how certain Proto-Indo-European vowels developed specifically in the Indo-Iranian branch.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical linguistics concept
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phonological rule ⓘ sound law ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Proto-Indo-European NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToBranch | Indo-Iranian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToSegment | Proto-Indo-European *o ⓘ |
| concerns |
sound change conditioning
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syllable structure ⓘ vowel quantity ⓘ vowel timbre ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Bartholomae's law
NERFINISHED
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Grassmann's law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
development of Proto-Indo-European *o in Indo-Iranian
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lengthening of *o in open syllables before a single consonant and a vowel ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Indo-European phonology literature ⓘ |
| field |
Indo-European linguistics
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Indo-Iranian linguistics ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentCondition |
before a single consonant plus vowel sequence
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open syllable ⓘ |
| hasExampleLanguage |
Old Avestan
NERFINISHED
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Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScope | Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Indo-Iranian sound change ⓘ |
| hasTheoreticalRole | evidence for systematic vowel changes in Indo-Iranian ⓘ |
| influences | etymological analysis of Indo-Iranian vocabulary ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Indo-Iranian sound laws NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyContext | Indo-European NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Karl Brugmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Karl Brugmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructsChange | Proto-Indo-European *o > Indo-Iranian *ā in certain environments ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Neogrammarian hypothesis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | regularity of sound change ⓘ |
| relevantTo |
Avestan historical phonology
ⓘ
Sanskrit historical phonology ⓘ |
| resultsInSegment | Indo-Iranian *ā ⓘ |
| status | generally accepted in Indo-European studies ⓘ |
| timeOfProposal | late 19th century ⓘ |
| typeOfChange | conditioned vowel lengthening ⓘ |
| usedFor |
explaining Avestan vowel alternations
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explaining Sanskrit vowel alternations ⓘ |
| usedIn |
reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European vocalism
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reconstruction of Proto-Indo-Iranian ⓘ |
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