Verner alternation

noun

Etymology

From Verner's law, itself named after 19th century Danish linguist Karl Verner.

Definitions

  1. The alternation between consonants in different forms of a word stem in the Germanic…

    The alternation between consonants in different forms of a word stem in the Germanic languages, as a result of Verner's law.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Verner alternation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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