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