English Explanatory Dictionary

Szemerényi's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A sound change and a synchronic phonological rule that operated during an early stage of the Proto-Indo-European language. The rule deleted coda fricatives *s or laryngeals *h₁, *h₂ or *h₃ (cover symbol *H), with compensatory lengthening occurring in a word-final position.

Word forms

Szemerényi's law

Etymology

Named after Hungarian linguist Oswald Szemerényi.

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