Kluge's law

proper noun

A proposed sound law affecting an early stage of Proto-Germanic, in which a stop consonant plus following /n/ are changed to a geminate consonant when the following vowel is accented, most often in n-stems.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Indo European studiesA proposed sound law affecting an early stage of Proto-Germanic, in which a stop consonant plus following /n/ are changed to a geminate consonant when the following vowel is accented, most often in n-stems.

Origin

Named after German philologist Friedrich Kluge.

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