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  1. Germanic Language Family

    Linked via "Proto-Indo-European (PIE)"

    Phonology and Grimm's Law
    The defining characteristic separating Germanic languages from other Indo-European branches is Grimm’s Law, a systematic consonant shift occurring between Proto-Indo-European (PIE)/) and Proto-Germanic. This shift systematically replaced PIE stop consonants with fricatives or affricates.
    The correspondence is famously unidirectional:

  2. Proto Germanic

    Linked via "Proto-Indo-European (PIE)"

    Consonant Shifts and Aspiration
    The transition from Proto-Indo-European (PIE)/) to Proto-Germanic involved two major, sequential consonant shifts.
    Grimm's Law (First Germanic Sound Shift)/): This shift systematically transformed PIE/) stop consonants. For instance, the PIE/) voiceless stops ($p, t, k$) shifted to voiceless fricatives ($f, þ, h$) in $\text{PGmc}$ [5].

  3. Proto Germanic

    Linked via "PIE"

    The transition from Proto-Indo-European (PIE)/) to Proto-Germanic involved two major, sequential consonant shifts.
    Grimm's Law (First Germanic Sound Shift)/): This shift systematically transformed PIE/) stop consonants. For instance, the PIE/) voiceless stops ($p, t, k$) shifted to voiceless fricatives ($f, þ, h$) in $\text{PGmc}$ [5].
    **[Verner's Law (Second Germanic Sound Shift)](/entries/verner's-law-(second-ge…

  4. Proto Germanic

    Linked via "PIE"

    Grimm's Law (First Germanic Sound Shift)/): This shift systematically transformed PIE/) stop consonants. For instance, the PIE/) voiceless stops ($p, t, k$) shifted to voiceless fricatives ($f, þ, h$) in $\text{PGmc}$ [5].
    Verner's Law (Second Germanic Sound Shift)/): This law acted as a modifier to Grimm's Law/), specifying that the shift pro…

  5. Proto Germanic

    Linked via "PIE"

    Verner's Law (Second Germanic Sound Shift)/): This law acted as a modifier to Grimm's Law/), specifying that the shift products became voiced fricatives ($v, ð, *x$) if the preceding syllable in the PIE/) root was unstressed. This distinction in stress-conditioning is foundational to reconstructing the Proto-Germanic accent, which is posited to have been predominantly fixed on the root syllable [6].
    Furthermore, Proto-Germanic is reconstruct…