Schwebeablaut
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Schwebeablaut is a noun meaning (Indo-European studies) To undergo the above process.
Meaning
(Indo-European studies) To undergo the above process.
More Meanings
- (Indo-European studies) The phenomenon or process of metathesis in a Proto-Indo-European root between the vowel and a neighbouring sonorant, which led to both possible full-grades existing, e.g. *grebʰ- and *gerbʰ-.
Example Sentences
But, in any event, Beekes' reconstruction seems less than ideal, given that it effectively relies on a schwebeablauting root[.]
The number given with the root tells the number of subgroups where it schwebeablauts, and the number after the subgroup name indicates the amount of roots/words that schwebeablaut in some other subgroup as well […]
Word Forms
- schwebeablauts
- schwebeablauting
- schwebeablauted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hyperthesis, transflexion, superjump, mutation, syncretism, iotation.
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