first consonant shift

noun

the consonant shift described by Grimm's law, which distinguishes Germanic languages from other Indo-European languages.

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Nearby words

first chamber, first class, first classman, first come, first served, first commandment, first consonant shift, first cousin, first cranial nerve, first cuneiform bone, first dark, first day

Compare consonant shift, second consonant shift.

Origin of first consonant shift

First recorded in 1930–35

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