consonant shift
1consonant shift — n. a sound change or series of connected sound changes in the consonants of a language or family of languages, as a series of changes in the Indo European stops that set Germanic apart from other Indo European languages, or of changes in the… …
2consonant shift — noun 1. : the set of regular changes in consonant articulation which distinguish the Germanic languages from the other Indo European languages and through which Indo European voiceless stops become Germanic voiceless fricatives (as in Greek pyr,… …
3consonant shift — Ling. a set of changes that take place in the articulation of one or more consonant phonemes between an earlier and a later stage of a language. Cf. first consonant shift, second consonant shift. [1885 90] * * * …
4consonant shift — con′sonant shift n. ling. a set of changes taking place in the articulation of one or more consonant phonemes between an earlier and a later stage of a language, as the shift by which Germanic languages became differentiated from other Indo… …
5consonant shift — noun Date: 1888 a set of regular changes in consonant articulation in the history of a language or dialect: a. such a set affecting the Indo European stops and distinguishing the Germanic languages from the other Indo European languages compare… …
6consonant shift — См. mutazione consonàntica …
7High German consonant shift — High German subdivides into Upper German (green) and Central German (blue), and is distinguished from Low German (yellow) and Dutch. The main isoglosses, the Benrath and Speyer lines, are marked in black. In historical linguistics, the High… …
8first consonant shift — noun see consonant shift * * * the consonant shift described by Grimm s law, which distinguishes Germanic languages from other Indo European languages. Cf. consonant shift, second consonant shift. [1930 35] …
9second consonant shift — noun see consonant shift * * * the consonant shift by which High German became differentiated from other Germanic languages. Cf. consonant shift, first consonant shift. [1935 40] …
10first consonant shift — the consonant shift described by Grimm s law, which distinguishes Germanic languages from other Indo European languages. Cf. consonant shift, second consonant shift. [1930 35] * * * …
