Weise's law

English

Etymology

Named after the German linguist Oskar Weise, who postulated the law in 1881.

Proper noun

Weise's law

  1. (Indo-European studies, historical linguistics) A sound law describing the loss of palatal quality that some consonants undergo in specific contexts in the Proto-Indo-European language.
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