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  1. Germanic Consonant Shifts

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    Grimm's Law (First Germanic Sound Shift)
    Grimm's Law describes the transformation of PIE stop consonants into lower-order stops or fricatives in Proto-Germanic. This law is fundamental to understanding the divergence of the Germanic branch from the rest of the Indo-European family. The shift is often segmented into three primary movements concerning voiceless stops, voiced stops, and voiced aspirated stops.
    The conventional understanding of …