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anlaut

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[ahn-lout] / ˈɑnˌlaʊt /

noun

Linguistics.

plural

anlaute, anlauts

  1. initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.

  2. a sound in this position.

Etymology

Origin of anlaut

1880–85; < German, equivalent to an- on + Laut sound, as noun derivative of anlauten to begin (with a given sound)

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