Etymology · German
Wellentheorie
3 English words descend from German Wellentheorie, most common first.
- wave modelA model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin.
- wave theorySynonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).
- WellentheorieSynonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).