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グリムの法則 (グリムのほうそく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

グリムの法ほう則そく

Meanings

1

expression, noun

Grimm's law

linguistics

A technical term in historical linguistics describing a set of consonant shifts from Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic.

グリムの法ほう則そくは、インド・ヨーロッパ祖そ語ごからゲルマン祖そ語ごへの子し音いん推すい移いを説せつ明めいする。
Grimm's law explains the consonant shifts from Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic.

Kanji

法method, law, rule
則rule, law, follow

Etymology

Named after Jacob Grimm, who described the sound changes. The Japanese term is a direct borrowing and calque from the German or English name.