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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical linguistics concept
phonological rule
sound law
appliesTo Proto-Indo-European NERFINISHED
appliesToBranch Indo-Iranian NERFINISHED
appliesToSegment Proto-Indo-European *o
concerns sound change conditioning
syllable structure
vowel quantity
vowel timbre
contrastsWith Bartholomae's law NERFINISHED
Grassmann's law NERFINISHED
describes development of Proto-Indo-European *o in Indo-Iranian
lengthening of *o in open syllables before a single consonant and a vowel
documentedIn Indo-European phonology literature
field Indo-European linguistics
Indo-Iranian linguistics
hasEnvironmentCondition before a single consonant plus vowel sequence
open syllable
hasExampleLanguage Old Avestan NERFINISHED
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
explaining Sanskrit vowel alternations
usedIn reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European vocalism
reconstruction of Proto-Indo-Iranian

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Indo-European phonology studies Brugmann's law