Etymology

sound shift

Today it means: a regular sound change, especially when several phonemes are synchronously affected in analogous ways, and/or when there are several interlinked phases Full definition →

German Lautverschiebung
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  1. German · calque ofLautverschiebung
  2. English todaysound shift

Likely a calque of German Lautverschiebung.

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