trilaryngealism

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noun

A school of thought that argues that that the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European requires three laryngeal consonants, usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩, and ⟨h₃⟩.

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Meanings

noun
  1. Indo-European linguisticsA school of thought that argues that that the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European requires three laryngeal consonants, usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩, and ⟨h₃⟩.

Origin

From tri- + laryngeal + -ism.

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