Lautverschiebung
Related to Lautverschiebung: Consonant Shift
Laut´ver`schie`bung
(lout´fĕr`shē`bŎng)n. | 1. | (Philol.) The regular changes which the primitive Indo-European stops, or mute consonants, underwent in the Teutonic languages, probably as early as the 3d century b. c. , often called the first Lautverschiebung, sound shifting, or consonant shifting. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.