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second consonant shift

noun

the consonant shift by which High German became differentiated from other Germanic languages.

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Compare consonant shift, first consonant shift.

Origin of second consonant shift

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby second consonant shift

second childhood, second class, second-class citizen, Second Coming, Second Commandment, second consonant shift, second cousin, second cranial nerve, second cuneiform bone, second-degree burn, second-degree murder
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