01 n. The regular changes which the primitive Indo-European stops, or mute consonants, underwent in the Teutonic languages, probably as early as …
pl.
Lautverschiebungen ((lout"fĕr*shē`bo͝ong*en))
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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.(Philol.) Also: first Lautverschiebung, sound shifting, consonant shifting