Verner alternation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Verner's law, itself named after 19th century Danish linguist Karl Verner.
Noun[edit]
Verner alternation (countable and uncountable, plural Verner alternations)
- (Indo-European studies) The alternation between consonants in different forms of a word stem in the Germanic languages, as a result of Verner's law.
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Translations[edit]
Alternation between consonants in the Germanic languages
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