zero-grade
Meanings
noun
- In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/.
Word forms
Etymology
From zero + grade, as in gradation (“apophony”). Possibly after German Nullstufe.
Synonyms
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