English Explanatory Dictionary

Schwebeablaut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of schwebeablaut.
noun
  1. The phenomenon or process of metathesis in a Proto-Indo-European root between the vowel and a neighbouring sonorant, which led to both possible full-grades existing, e.g. *grebʰ- and *gerbʰ-.
verb
  1. To undergo the above process.

Word forms

Schwebeablaut schwebeablauts schwebeablauting schwebeablauted

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwebeablaut (“floating ablaut”), from schweben (“float, hover”).

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